Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
In the feast of sight the eye is sated
With all save that which feeds the eye,
Till thou, O Lover long-awaited,
Comest with thy epiphany.
Thee I implore: "O show thy Face!"
But the light is dim and shadows ply:
Or else I should have met thy grace
Which showers thy boons invisibly.
Whatever meets me in life’s mart
I find I cannot claim as mine,–
When the only intimate of heart
Is unaddressed: thy Self-divine.
Yet suns are sparkles of thy flight,
And agonies but hints of bliss:
Did we, blind slaves, disown our night
Thy oriflamme we never would miss.
DILIP KUMAR ROY.
19-7-1942.
* Adapted from the Urdu poem of Amjad Sahib, the famous Court Poet of the Nizam. This song has attracted the attention of poets and musicians alike through the Gramophone record of the late Uma Bose, entitled, the ‘Nightingale of Bengal’ by Mahatma Gandhi. The first line of the song is "Yun to keya keya nazar nahi ata."