One
O spring,
You have a thousand apparel
Green yellow blue
Red pale blue light green
Greenish yellow
Why do you, who make everyone envious,
Spreading folds worked with golden thread
Inviting everyone to ‘see see’
Come to visit only me wearing black raiment?
Are you too conserving
Your intensely hued flowers
For my tomb,
Just like everyone else?
Two
Perhaps it is to collect
Enough breath to last two- three years
That, while leaving home,
One sighs like a tornado
But
Every time
When I depart after meeting you
Why do I sigh,
Like a final prayer,
As though I was hoarding enough breath
For a lifetime?
Aug 13, 2014
Aug 13, 2014 at 1:06 AM UTC
One
O spring,
You have a thousand apparel
Green yellow blue
Red pale blue light green
Greenish yellow
Why do you, who make everyone envious,
Spreading folds worked with golden thread
Inviting everyone to ‘see see’
Come to visit only me wearing black raiment?
Are you too conserving
Your intensely hued flowers
For my tomb,
Just like everyone else?
Two
Perhaps it is to collect
Enough breath to last two- three years
That, while leaving home,
One sighs like a tornado
But
Every time
When I depart after meeting you
Why do I sigh,
Like a final prayer,
As though I was hoarding enough breath
For a lifetime?
translation : Anitha varma
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