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....
JAGADISH CHANDRA DAS
(1)
One by one I catch the stars
And I bring them to touch my body one by one:
They all turn into birds and flyaway.
The stars glow like fire-flies,
They come and settle allover my body:
Indeed my body is made of countless stars!
At long last I have found out:
I exist no longer;
Filled with stars, am myself a star.
Take away the stars and I am no longer in the body,
I leave my star-filled body
And go up into the star-filled sky.
(2)
Now I am a heavenly star,
Hence I shall become a starry heaven.
I am a sweet fondling of the sky,
I condescended to come down upon earth.
Whoever makes a link with me
Creates a link with the sky.
I am a human from the sky treading upon this mud,
At every step my anklets ring taro ugh earth’s bosom.
Upon the soft breast of earth
I drew the very image of the sky.
With my tinkling anklets on
I walk through the bosom of the earth.
This earth is a stage for me,
I play there a celestial drama–
a true and real drama!