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....
It is stillness now,
the sea is mute, the earth falls dead.
the sky broods over the silent waves.
No scene can be seen;
the girdle slips to reveal
only seemings of things in a flux;
the forms change too fast
to catch the eye, but they are never caught
they vanish into limbo
leaving naught on the distant horizon.
It is stillness now;
wind speaks in low tone
in the wild woods;
in silent eyes
words flash forth
and fade to naught;
but in life’s ripples,
youth sports, limbs thick;
in silent lips speech forms
and the past love
silently moans.
Then clouds spread;
lightning frolicks creating fireworks
white, yellow and red,
then the dawn breaks
toshow blooms smiling on stems
while the sun gleams;
the birds twitter but their voice is mute,
it is all stillness now;
silence grows acute.
(Translated from Oriya by the poet)