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....
(Translated from a Bengali poem by Benozin Ahmed)
BY BASUDHA CHAKRAVARTY
Before us is the dark night beset by storm:
Where are you now, oh the mad eagle, bound for the
infinite horizon? Spread out your wings!
Before us dances a cataclysm that in its wild joy
knows no restraints:
But before us is also the blue endless sky of planets, suns and stars.
Before us is an assembly of desires that have broken all
bounds: also the perpetual dream of a new world.
The stream of life flows across the world before us:
it glitters with life;
The voice of Liberty calls to our minds “Come, oh ye!–sharp!”
From within the heart of destruction the new child of creation
is born:
In the depth of night bloom the rays of the new dawn.
The hard way ahead is a beacon of life’s pilgrimage:
Though the night ahead is stormy, at the end of darkness
the full moon will rise again.
So listen not to forbidding:
Oh, you intrepid eagle! Unto the eternal ahead
spread out your wings!