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....
Krishna, The Lonesome
Basavaraju Venkata Appa Rao (Translated from Telugu by B. V. L. Narayanarow)
BASAVARAJU VENKATA APPA RAO (1894-1933)
Were you
lonesome
in your crib
my
dear, dear Krishna?
If only,
you had called me!
All that the eye saw
was a sheet of water
one gigantic heap
sky-high
in the house of deluge
where
It’s impossible
to find company.
There
in a crib
made of a leaf
were you
lonesome
my
dear, dear Krishna?
If only
You had called me!
All the worlds
in the womb oftime
shapeless
dormant
you
with a smile on
on your face
singing lullabies
toyourself
were you
lonesome
my
dear, dear Krishna?
If only
you had called me!
-Translated from the original in Telugu by B. V. L. Narayanarow