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....

Question Across The Field

P. R. Kaikini

(From a Konkani Song)

Long have I waited
My fond love,
Hundreds of miles
Have I heavily trodden
And three fine summers
Have I passed
On alien lands
Thinking of you, my love.

To-night I lie
In the open field;
With a sheet of stars about me,
A loving caress of the blue,
A wail of people
In the ditches,
A pageant of fire and smoke,
A shower of man-made lightning,
Deadening thunder
More potent than God’s.

How will you kiss me to-night,
My love,
Across the crimson horizon?
How will you lull me to bed,
My love,
To an everlasting dreamless sleep?

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