Friday, July 31, 2020
కలలో తేడా లాంగ్స్టన్ హ్యూజ్, అమెరికను కవి
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
2 poems of Dasarathi Krishnamacharya , Telugu Poet, Indian
(జూలై 22, 1925 - నవంబర్ 5, 1987)
Today is Dr. Dasarathi's 95th Birth Anniversary
My life, a garden that reaches out its hands for few jasmines,
My mind, a babe that pricks out its ears for a sonorous song,
My heart, a lotus that is all eyes for a streak of light
My age, an innocence that carts heels over head for a small tribute
I laughed when you laughed, and when
you cried your eyes out, was swept away
to the bourns of the worlds by the tears,
never able to swim through the oceans of grief.
సీ. ఒక కొన్ని జాజిపూవులకు కేలుసాచెడి వనము వోలినది జీవనము నాది
ఒక కొంత గానమ్మునకు
వీను నిక్కించు నిసువు బోలినది మానసము నాది
ఒక చిన్ని వెల్గురేకకు
నేత్రపుటినిచ్చు తమ్మివోలినది యంతరము నాది
ఒక కొద్ది తీపి మాటలకు
ఉబ్బి తబ్బిబ్బులయిపోవు చిరుతప్రాయమ్ము నాది
నీవు నవ్విన నవ్వితి,
నీవు కంట
నీరు వెట్టిన ఆ నీటి
ధారలందు
కొట్టుకొనిపోతి లోకాల
కొట్ట కొసకు
తిరిగి రానైతి దుఃఖసాగరము
నుండి.
No quilts are there to keep warm the new-born baby-bud,
Asleep in the lap of its just-labored mother, being drenched
In rain in the tamarind grove; let me strum on my ‘Fiery Lyre’
Lays of fire to keep the tad cozy, lest it should freeze in the cold.
.
చింతలతోపులో కురియు
చిన్కులకున్ తడిముద్దయైన బా
లింత యొడిన్ శయించు
పసిరెక్కల మొగ్గనువోని బిడ్డకున్
బొంతలు లేవు కప్పుటకు;
బొంది హిమం బయిపోవునేమొ సా
గింతును రుద్రవీణపయి
నించుక వెచ్చని అగ్నిగీతముల్
Dasarathi Krishnamacharya
(22 July 1925 - 5 Nov 1987)
Telugu Poet, Indian
Poems Courtesy: Facebook page of Sri Parimi Sri Ramanath
Saturday, July 18, 2020
When it was Dark… Koduri Vijaya Kumar, Telugu, Indian Poet
That night…
When failure streamed down as a tear from lashes,
And, the contused body groaned in seething pain
Into that dark room entered Death taking storm for escort
And said:
“Look here, my
friend! Your grief is as enduring as this rain
… there is
nothing left in life…but grief!
Come! Embrace
me!...
It is the balm
that soothes your wounds.”
Breaking through
the wounds, these words came out harshly:
“This soil has
been bathed with their blood by martyrs!
I am a child of
the land where even ploughs were turned to arms.
I am a fighter
and love the fighting spirit in man
I can’t disgrace
the sacrifices of my immortal lineage.
A rolling of
thunder was heard in the distance
And the doors
opened all of a sudden.
Lo! There was
neither storm… nor Death.
The room was
flooded with effulgent radiance .
.
Koduri Vijaya Kumar
Telugu, Indian Poet
చీకటి గదిలో
.
ఓటమి కంటి చివరి
చినుకై జారిన రాత్రి
దేహం గాయాల
కూడలిగా మారి అలమటించిన రాత్రి
తలుపులు మూసి
వున్న చీకటిగదిలో వర్షాన్ని వెంటేసుకు వొచ్చిన
మృత్యువు యిలా
అంది:
"... మిత్రుడా... యిటు చూడు! ఎడతెగని ఈ వర్షం నీ
దుఃఖం!
... జీవితంలో దుఃఖం
తప్ప మరేమీ లేదు.
రా! నన్ను
ప్రేమించు...
నా కౌగిలి నీ
గాయాలకు లేపనం!!"
దేహపు గాయాలను చీల్చుకుని, మాటలు కొన్ని యిలా కర్కశంగా వెలువడినాయి:
' వీరుల రక్తంతో
తడిసిన మట్టి నా దేశం! నాగళ్ళు సైతం
ఆయుధాలుగా మారిన
నేల, నా చిరునామా!
మనుషుల
పోరాటాల్ని
ప్రేమించే మనిషిని; మృత్యువును ప్రేమించలేను
అమరవీరుల
త్యాగాలను అవమానించలేను '
బయటెక్కడో
వురిమిన శబ్దం
గది తలుపులు
తెరుచుకున్నాయి
వర్షమూ లేదు...
మృత్యువూ లేదు
గదినిండా గొప్ప
వెలుగు!
.
కోడూరి విజయ
కుమార్
వార్త ఆదివారం 16 జూన్ 1997.
Thursday, July 16, 2020
గాయపడిన మన్మధుడు... ఎనాక్రియన్, గ్రీకు కవి
The wounded Cupid
.
Cupid, as he lay among
Roses, by a bee was stung.
Whereupon in anger flying
To his mother, said, thus crying,
Help! O help! Your boy’s a-dying.
And why, my pretty lad? Said she.
Then blubbering replied he:
A winged snake has bitten me,
Which country people call a bee.
At which she smiled, then with her hairs
And kisses, drying up his tears,
Alas! Said she, my wag, if this
Such a pernicious torment is;
Come, tell me then how great’s the smart
Of those thou woundest with your dart!
.
(Tr: Robert Herrick)
Anacreon
582- 485 BC
Greek Poet
Poem Courtesy:
https://archive.org/details/anthologyofworld0000vand/page/263/mode/1up
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
పాతపాట...యెహోష్, యిద్దిష్ కవి
An Old Song (Yiddish)
.
In the blossom-land Japan
Somewhere thus an old song ran
Said a warrior to a smith
“Hammer me a sword forthwith.
Make the blade
Light as wind on water laid.
Make it long
As the wheat at harvest song.
Supple, swift
As a snake, without rift,
Full of lightnings, thousand-eyed!
Smooth as silken cloth thin
As the web that spider spin.
And merciless as pain, and cold.”
“On the hilt what shall be told?”
“On the sword’s hilt, my good man,”
Said the warrior of Japan,
“Trace for me
A running lake, a flock of sheep
And one who sings her child to sleep.”
.
(Tr: Marie Syrkin)
Yehoash (Solomon Bloomgarden)
(16th Sept 1872 – 10 Jan 1927)
Yiddish Poet, translator.
Poem Courtesy:
https://archive.org/details/anthologyofworld0000vand/page/234/mode/1up
Sunday, July 12, 2020
జీవితమొక కల... పెడ్రో కాల్డెరాన్ బార్కా, స్పానిష్ కవి
From “Life is a
Dream”
.
We live, while we see the
sun,
Where life and dreams are as
one;
And living has taught me
this,
Man dreams the life that is
his,
Until his living is done.
The king dreams he is king,
and he lives
In the deceit of a king,
Commanding and governing;
And all the praise he
receives
Is written in wind, and
leaves
A little dust on the way
When death ends all with a
breath.
Where then is the gain of a
throne,
That shall perish and not be
known
In the other dream that is
death?
Dreams the rich man of riches
and fears,
The fears that his riches
breed;
The poor man dreams of his
need,
And all his sorrows and
tears;
Dreams he that prospers with
years
Dreams he that feigns and
foregoes,
Dreams he that rails on his
foes;
And in all the world I see.
Man dreams whatever he be,
And his own dream no man
knows.
And I too dream and behold,
I dream and I am bound with
chains,
And I dreamed that these
present pains
Were fortunate ways of old.
What is life? A tale that is
told?
What is life? A frenzy
extreme,
A shadow of things that seem;
And the greatest good is but
small,
That all life is a dream to
all,
And that dreams themselves
are a dream.
(Tr: Arthur Symons)
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Spanish Poet
(17 January 1600 – 25 May 1681)
https://archive.org/details/anthologyofworld0000vand/page/647/mode/1up
Saturday, July 11, 2020
పచ్చికబయళ్ళలో లార్క్ పక్షి... సారా టీజ్డేల్, అమెరికను కవయిత్రి
The Vagabond... Iqbal Chand, Telugu Poet, Indian
This is such a droughty land like the highseas where you don't get even a drop of water to drink. But, dear friend!...
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Like the stretched bow of the Cupid, A silver boat floating on milky-ocean, A cup of wine of damsel Nature, looks The second day's waxi...
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( జూలై 22, 1925 - నవంబర్ 5, 1987) Today is Dr. Dasarathi's 95th Birth Anniversary My life, a garden that reaches out its hands for ...
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Day did not break yet A wake up song echoes from the foot of the hill The city afloat in the morning mist. Lest it should sink under the w...







