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....
‘The Mad One’
(Translated from his own poem in Telugu)
Matted hair.
Bones in a bundle.
Wasted thin as paper.
Mad one! oh, sad one!
Road’s jest.
Town’s scare-crow.
Sitting by the gutter.
In the dust.
Strange senseless songs,
Dazed sparkless looks,
Lead to roadless forests
In your mind.
As if they have not seen,
As if you have not been,
Mad lad! the very wise people
Pass you by.
Mad one! oh, sad one!
Would you forgive, forbear
The callous injustice
Of these very wise people?
Spare us those songs, those looks.
Spare us your scorn.
Pray, bear with us yet, oh, sad one!
Mad one! Suffer us awhile.