tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430841690511914682024-03-13T13:46:09.712-07:00solitudepower is the worst word ever spoken.
compassion is the most soft word.
solitude is for me.
no turbulence.അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-87398739845233302452009-09-12T06:41:00.000-07:002009-09-12T07:15:45.317-07:00perfection<span style="color:#3333ff;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> <<<<<<<(((((((perfection)))))))>>>>>>></span></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">standing</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">on the fringe of infinity,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">looked into the abyss.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">the bottomless chasm</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">stared at me.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">i gazed into her velvet eyes.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">they began to ripple,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">as a passion cherished in her depth.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">she knew</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">she was with an enormous void.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6633ff;">12092009 </span></div>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-5054010163699390252009-09-09T23:09:00.000-07:002009-09-09T23:16:05.772-07:00the tide and time<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"><<<<<<<(((((((the tide and time)))))))>>>>>>></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000099;">__________________________________</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">the tides asked the time:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">'why are you busy running?'</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">the time said: i've to run fast, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">to ask the sun to come as he likes,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">and bid farewell at night</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">as the people here need darkness</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">to awake into a bright dawn,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">though they felt it a chore,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">but do not think, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">you are immortal,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">a few more crores of years are there</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">ahead to finish your cliche.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">so be quick always</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">to let the moon also</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">do her lovely chore.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">and so we can hear her singing</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">to the twinkling sky,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">and sleep in peace </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">and wake up refreshed."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">the tides yet went on</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">with their tedious chore </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000099;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000099;"> 10092009</span></div>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-78275717745477464542009-08-21T00:12:00.000-07:002009-08-21T00:22:29.690-07:00translation of poem by sasthrusarman<span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="color:#000099;"> <<<<<<<(((((((two sculptures)))))))>>>>>>></span></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">in the iron cage</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">in the courtyard</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">the idol felt alive</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">when it barked</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">in canine delinquency!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">in the patio</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">the aged sculpture,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">bent and leaned,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">plunged into a plump seat,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">seemed alive</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">when coughed sometimes!</span></div>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-23310786221381556682009-08-21T00:07:00.000-07:002009-08-21T00:11:48.451-07:00translation of poem by sasthrusarman<span style="color:#000099;"> <<<<<<<(((((((the woods)))))))>>>>>>></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;">this woods-</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;">a continuous scream</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;">of a green being</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;">who prayed and prayed and died.</span></div>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-38028519160481186942009-07-22T03:23:00.000-07:002009-07-22T03:51:42.479-07:00compassion<strong><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="color:#663300;"> (((((((tears of the ants))))))))</span></span></strong><br /><br /> <span style="color:#000099;"><strong> today</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> as i launched</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> the paper-boats,</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> a folk of ants on board</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> left their huts</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> to reach the bank yonder</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> and dine and drink and stay on</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> till the monsoon gone</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> in their home land.</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> their tears ran in rills,</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> at the sight of my boat</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> drowning and drowning</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> and as sadly knew </strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> the greatest</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong> shipwreck in their lives.</strong></span>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-10456006310431874382009-06-02T06:20:00.000-07:002009-07-30T07:24:51.332-07:00rainsong again<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><<<<<<<(((((((rainsong)))))))>>>>>>></span></div><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">a cool breeze<br />whispered through my trees.<br />a floating flock of clouds<br />whispered in my ear,<br />'let us downpour.'<br /><br />one drop,two drops<br />seeped and seeped out<br />from my hands<br />in boundless zeal.<br />i simply gave a pat<br />on back of clouds.<br />soon i heard a thunder shattering<br />in winning streaks a lightning too.<br />then i shouted into clouds:<br />o,monsoon,<br />come soon!<br />come soon !<br />02062009</span> </span></span>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-48786179402350467592009-05-16T01:49:00.000-07:002009-05-16T03:21:18.714-07:00hearty wishes to those who sleep well<span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"> (((((((to those who dream)))))))</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong> ***************************</strong></span><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000099;"><strong> when i spend my sleepless nights</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000099;"><strong> thinking of my lazy dreamers,</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000099;"><strong> comes a sky of their own.</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000099;"><strong> and stars are twinkling</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000099;"><strong> in that shallow blues.</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000099;"><strong> let me sing and sing for</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000099;"><strong> the dreaming creatures:</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000066;"><strong> flinging far off a puzzling day,</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000066;"><strong> night has come to the dreamers.</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000066;"><strong> tracing came a tramping breeze,</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000066;"><strong> laden with a dizzy spell,</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000066;"><strong> creeping into the hearts of them.</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000066;"><strong> before flapping up their wings</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000066;"><strong> into an orbit of their lovely dreams,</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000066;"><strong> let me strewn my joy,</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000066;"><strong> aways on them,always on them.</strong></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#330033;"> **************************************</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em>this is to the orthodox,who hates to be progressive</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#333399;"> 16052009</span></div>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-32963998167268809942009-05-10T18:51:00.000-07:002009-05-10T19:08:59.231-07:00mothers of the world<strong><em><span style="color:#660000;"> <span style="font-size:130%;"><<<<<<<((((((((my mother)))))))>>>>>>></span></span></em></strong><br /><br /> <span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> on my way home,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> the dark sky</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> darted drops</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> and drenched me.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> 'an umbrella should've served you,'</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> stormed at me was my own brother.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> 'you should've waited till it drained,'</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> chirped my lovely sister.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> 'get a cold and you will see,'</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> gales of scolds father flung,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> silenced all the thunders so far roared.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> amidst the curses and abuses,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> i found my mother drying my hair,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> drenching me with cursing words:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> "stupid rain"</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><em>*************************************************************************</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><em>2009 may tenth international mothers' day</em></span><br /> 10052009അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-38684377152901083352009-05-06T09:11:00.000-07:002009-05-06T09:24:04.760-07:00achu's poem<span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong><<<<<<<)))))))drops(((((((>>>>>>></strong></span><br /><br /> <span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em> in all mansoon</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em> she comes and kisses her mom</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em> and she's all in a trance.</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em> like a pearl out of its shell,</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em> some time she laughs</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em> and on other,she weeps;</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em> but always comes with a smile</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em> and goes and goes down</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><em> to come again</em></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> <em><span style="color:#000099;">like a pearl out of love.</span></em></span><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">***************************************************************************************</span></em></strong><br /><span style="color:#330033;">this poem is composed by one of my students,mr aswin,whom we call achu.i like to publish it in this blog,because he wrote it while he was a tenth standard student.</span><br /><span style="color:#330033;">achuthan.v.r</span><br /><span style="color:#330033;">06052009 </span>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-74919381633878726572009-05-06T08:49:00.000-07:002009-05-06T09:09:56.198-07:00rain song<strong><span style="color:#990000;"><<<<<<<(((((((hopes)))))))>>>>>>></span></strong><br /><br /> <span style="color:#000099;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">the void roared in full-throated ease.</span></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> the vibrant blues flinged a lightning or two.</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> wandering clouds </span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> splashed sprinkles on the earth.</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> a crispy chill crept on to her</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> and she shivered in ecstasy.</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> fragrance of the refreshed soil</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> softly spread in the air.</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> tomorrow at the moth-hour,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> the winged termites will come</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> for the next dawn's crows and sparrows,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> when a lonely squirrel call his mate</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> to beat the rhythm to the chirps of birdies.</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"> 04052009</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"></span>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-11600938496765277572009-04-23T08:32:00.000-07:002009-04-23T08:41:00.944-07:00to clouds<p> <span style="color:#990000;"> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><<<<<<<(((((((to clouds)))))))>>>>>>></span></span></p><p><span style="color:#990000;"></span> </p><p> <span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"> the birds fly away,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"> the passersby part away,</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"> we are in dreams!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"> o!monsoon clouds,</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"> downpour</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"> into our anxious chasms.</span></p>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-3989564110935422742009-04-05T08:55:00.000-07:002009-04-05T09:06:08.952-07:00the ways of the cruel be beaten down<strong><span style="color:#000099;"> <<<<<<<(((((((the insolent might)))))))>>>>>>></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;"> do not weep.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;"> let there not be flood.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;"> the cruel insolent might</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;"> should not cross the ferry.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;"> boats of the downtrodden</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;"> and the humiliated</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;"> always voyaged and anchored</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;"> the other banks</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;"> bearing the burden of them*</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">......................................................................</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">*the insolent might</span></strong>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-38175898133051567392009-02-13T01:50:00.000-08:002009-02-13T02:08:26.017-08:00translation of a poem-mohanakrishnan kalati<p align="left"> <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">summer-river</span></strong></span></p><p align="left"> <strong><span style="color:#990000;"><<<<<<<((((((()))))))>>>>>>></span></strong></p><p></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">she takes a fright</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">of one-eyed day,</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">and slyly peeping night,</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">and the breeze</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">that comes in silence.</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">she fears lorries running,</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">breaking reins and roaring,</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">and the midnight train,</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">flaming with a drowsy brain.</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">she fears scarecrow</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">in the cucumber basin.</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">and the ball that making disputes</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">always passing lines,</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">and even the aged bridge.</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">it is in her dome of glass</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">sitting hidden a cowherdess lass</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">waiting for a blue cloud</span></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">who has stolen sarees from her.</span></strong></span></p>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-26610078091507033542009-02-03T08:21:00.000-08:002009-02-03T08:36:27.038-08:00translation of the poem of sasthrasarman<div align="center"> <span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"><strong> the foresaken home</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="color:#cc0000;"> <strong><<<<<<<((((((()))))))>>>>>>></strong></span></span></div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">'do not squeek,'</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">the doors whispered.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">they had the same murmurs.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">they were the embodyment of</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">the same silence.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">the unmanned house</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">like a child,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">after an oiled bath,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">sleeps on the spread of dreams,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">silent</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">like an island</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">hearing the lullabies of the earth</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">and the whispers of the stars</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">from the waves.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">like a boat on the bank</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">greedy to sink</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">in the hues of dawn.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">in the witching hour,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">the window panes</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">shudder into a rise</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">with their open eyes</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">beckon</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">the infinities</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">the sleepless sounds</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">of the panting woods</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">the unmanned house,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">mulched in the moonlight,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">orphaned in the cool,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">calm,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;">tranquil.</span></div>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-43498970172745539912009-02-02T05:03:00.000-08:002009-02-13T02:09:48.820-08:00translation of the poem-schoolilay aana-by mohanakrishanan kalati<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">school elephant</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><<<<<<<((((((()))))))>>>>>>></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">school closed for the day.</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">while walking through the classrooms,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">pinching the ears of</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">disobediant windows,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">knocking on the heads of</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">idiot doors,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">sankarettan,the peon,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">got the umbrella of sureshkumar,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">the tiffin carrier of savithri,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">(the specs of muhammedkutty,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">but didn't take.)</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">the snuff of maravimash</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">and by chance</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">there,on the blackboard of 3 A,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">mwt an elephant,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">tha has been forgotten to rub off.</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">'what to do with the elephant!'</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">sankarettan,in a dilemma,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">sat on the front bench.</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">the elephant said:</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">"i am from the forest.</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">drifting in the rain water</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">along the river</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">i've come to school,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">when i saw one.</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">the drawing teacher</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">chained me up."</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">the tusker went on:</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">i can get on well at school</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">and school can be watched always</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">i can drink the mid-day gruel</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">i can take the giddi kiddies</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">to their parents there at home,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">while they fall in dizzy spells."</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">now or then,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">i don't know when</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">sankarettan was fallen asleep.</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">next day,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">during rounds of inspection,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">what our A E O found was that</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">a trampled garden of school benches.</span></div>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-87772494442124139412009-02-02T04:42:00.000-08:002009-02-02T05:02:21.954-08:00trnslation of the poem-thorcha-by mohanakrishnan kalati<div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:130%;">draining</span></span></div><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><<<<<<<((((((()))))))>>>>>>></span><br /><br /></p><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">it was not the day</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">when the rain stopped.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">as the windows opened,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">no moonlight!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">but a soft light</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">seeped after the rain.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">as the doors opened,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">it was a drenched breeze</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">that ran off the porch.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">it was a paper boat</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">that flapped up</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">even before the feet cooled</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">in the eaves water.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">on the fringe of porch,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">one has left</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">his scent of bath,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">taken under the trickling trough.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">in an oblivion,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">not knowing what's pouring down,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">and forgetting</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">to do the hair,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">to wear the attire,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">and the sleep</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">there's a tree.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">an ally turned to be a void,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">draining all the memories.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">and the halh-lost drops of tunes</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">on the fencing thickets</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">where the serpants take a slumber.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">dripping moments,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">on a sudden,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">fell silent.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">listened in the quiet:</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">no.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">neither did i hum a poem</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">not a man did walk in my bosom.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">grandpa moght have brathed a sigh</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">having slaked the burning thirst.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">ther's a bud to bloom for morn!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">o! it is not yet wet a little.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">poor bud!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">let it fall asleep</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">under the leaf that</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#000099;">caught and tangled in a web</span></div>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-19085257075534022332009-01-27T08:11:00.000-08:002009-01-27T08:34:21.817-08:00poem-translation of ardhanagnam-by mohanakrishnan kaladi<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >half nakedness</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" > <<<<<<<((((((()))))))>>>>>>></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >(daddy,who's this gandhi?<br />he's a fellow<br />shot dead by our godse.)<br /><br />gandhi,<br />don't be at your freakish whims<br />that you can please us<br />with the half nakedness.<br />we know.<br />fasting of a single man<br />won't bring freedom to nation.<br />and<br />however long one spins a loom<br />he can't knit the flag of a state.<br />a pinch of salt can't satisfy hunger.<br />easwar and allah never belong<br />to a single party.<br />even before you could<br />we had known that<br />if one shows the other cheek,<br />the bullet will be piercing the bossom.<br /><br />no-<br />not your notes of silence<br />can be put in the ballot box.<br />hand over the bamboo stick<br />to the guards on sentry<br />or else,<br />you won't be let in the house*<br /><br />whatever may be<br />your statues are to conserve<br />for,we called you<br />"father" once.<br />_________________________________<br />*parliament<br /> </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> 2007</span><br /></span>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-85840771098049113532009-01-20T01:48:00.000-08:002009-02-03T08:18:27.805-08:00poem<div align="left"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"> when the whole world puzzled at the millenium dawn</span></span></span></span> </div><div align="left"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"><<<<<<<((((((()))))))>>>>>>></span></span></span></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">recite the overwhelming sobriety of the sun,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">that gives in the void,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">on the eve of a millenium,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">that hails a strange moment,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">radiant with tranquilizing comeliness.</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">when we know it is for another wake-up,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">to give radiance full of go,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">as progress seems frivolous,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">to give a twilight of belief,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">with every fibre in our mind,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">to live,to hope,to never give in,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">when the shadows flee away</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">into a bright dawn.</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"> 01012000</span></span></span></span>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-10342746614737815192009-01-20T01:34:00.000-08:002009-02-03T08:19:42.351-08:00poem<div align="center"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> ties of bondage</span></span></span></span> </div><div align="center"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"> <<<<<<<((((((()))))))>>>>>>></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">o!mother,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">where are you now?</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">i am alone!</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">when i lay on your laps</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">and fed on your breasts</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">how easily and quickly,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">like a bird,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">after its chirps and coos</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">and feeding,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">i slept!</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">now it is frozen a night.</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">without your warmth</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">and solacing sighs,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">something heavy loads upon my chest.</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">do you see it?</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">come and sing</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">all your lullabies,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">on my back</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">and entice</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">a nice sleep into me,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">with soft dreams.</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">moro,</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">they would turn</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">to realities.</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">i am faltering</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">in your absence.</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">let all your throbs</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">pervade into</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">my frail being.</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)font-family:arial;" ><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)font-family:arial;" > 20012009</span>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-90742319309992958542009-01-20T01:25:00.000-08:002009-02-03T08:21:03.617-08:00<div align="left"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">virtue</span></span></span> </div><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"> <<<<<<<((((((()))))))>>>>>>></span></span></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">dear friend</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">i am coming there.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">be prepared.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">i shall put</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">the timepiece,</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">i took last time</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">in place,</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">without being noticed.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">i got a better one</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">from somewhere else.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">i can't afford</span></span></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">the breach of punctuality.</span></span></span></span></div>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-26404091662579994032009-01-17T04:10:00.000-08:002009-01-20T02:01:52.045-08:00translation of the poem:palice-by mohanakrishnan kalati<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> milk ice</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <<<<<<<((((((()))))))>>>>>>></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">o! my slate and o! my pencil</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">count you all these sums for me,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">by the break of morrow dawn,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">i’ll buy a milkice for you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">it is not a single one,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">each of you’ll get a one.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">o! the slate,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">if you cheat me counting wrong</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">i’ll break you flinging down.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">o! the pencil,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">i’ll break you hitting hard.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">am not lacking counting sums!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">amn’t feeling sleepy now!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">if i don’t clean all these plates,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">don’t i brim these water drums,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">o! my slate and o! my pencil!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">won’t they grind me into flour? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-47030421953769234972009-01-11T06:11:00.000-08:002009-01-11T06:17:44.157-08:00translation of poem by sarman<div class="Section1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">you</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><<<<<<<((((((()))))))>>>>>></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">yours was</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">but a one man army</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">yours was</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">an old horse,</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">wanting golden wings</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">and dreamy swifts.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">yours were the forsaken paths</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">of the mountains</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">trailed by nobody.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">you hadn’t</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">armour nor sword.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">neither clarions nor bugles</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">blew behind,</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">but a wailing wind!</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">you had no hide-outs</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">but your shadows.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">you never met an adversary.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">the answer call of your war-cry</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">was a desert.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">you never looked behind</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">the paths you scrambled.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">your horse</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">got into his strides</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">like darkness.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">in the valleys abandoned</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">hunger and dreams</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">were your companions.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">you defeated yourself</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">like a lonely tree</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">on the mountain tops.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family:arial;font-size:18px;">+++++++++++++++++++</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">don quixote and the sketches</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">drawn by picasso for the same gave me inspiration</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">to compose this poem</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">)()()()()()()()()()()(</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">sasthrusarman</span></span></span></p></div>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-86255799040426293652009-01-10T06:32:00.000-08:002009-01-10T06:40:39.627-08:00translation of poem by sarman<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-size:19px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;text-align:center;text-align: center"><span lang="en-US" style=" ;font-size:18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">peacock</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;text-align:center;text-align: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><<<<<<<<((((((()))))))>>>>>>></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span lang="en-US" style="language:en-US"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">peacocks i painted</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">in my childhood,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">neither elegant nor lovely,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">strolled lively</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">in my yards and orchards.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">in my lofty years</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">saw a sales-boy</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">on the sideway</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">trading in peacock oil.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">scrapped</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">and stuffed peacocks</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">stood in raw</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">with sublime elegance.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">they remembered</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">charcoal</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">lines</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">on the ancient walls;</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">the feather-kids,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">born in books and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">flown to hillocks.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">now my children drawn</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">in indiscriminate hues,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">the peacocks on the roadside,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;line-height:75%"><span lang="en-US" style="line-height: 75%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">the indiscoverable woods</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span lang="en-US" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">in their mortal eyes</span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="language:en-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span lang="en-US" style="language:en-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-8130145925911973562009-01-07T06:48:00.000-08:002009-01-20T02:35:38.074-08:00poem <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> ode to farewell</span></span></span><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><><><><><>()()()()()<><><><><></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">if you meet me by chance</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">among the caravan of ages</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">passing through the deserts,</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">stare at me</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">as if we had never net.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">if you meet me,</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">among the passers-by</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">see me,</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">as if we were</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">not at all acquainted.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">if you come across me</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">among the old portaraits you fondle</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">as a memento of your voyage</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">through the ages,</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">just fall among the novel images</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">scratched on the walls</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">of your bowels.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">if you see me delirious,</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">deliver chirping coos</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">into the ears of your fellow travellers</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">who you think you love.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">if you notice me smiling,</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">distort my lips </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">with your gaze of temper.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">if you see me lethargic,</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">pour the elixir of dejection</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">into my yet throbbing being.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">if you see me standing</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">in the sun blistering,</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">bid me farewell</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">to your own shadows.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">if you see me standing,</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">in the torrent raining,</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">wave your hands</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">with the inducing calmness</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">pervaded under your umbrella</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">and stride away</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">into the 'wild wind'</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">of your subtle ways,</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">as if it were not your concern.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">if you hear me singing</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">my swan son</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">applaude in thundering claps,</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">in great solace</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">that it is valediction.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">if you see me silhouetted,</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">paint me with</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">pitchblend darkness.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">if you see me thirsty,</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">stream away</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">into the apparition</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">of vague memories.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">now</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">you can glide along</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">in your streams.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">and herald the new ages</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">with chirps and shrills.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> 01122006</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-443084169051191468.post-3919340264335412832009-01-07T06:29:00.000-08:002009-01-20T02:21:23.116-08:00translation of 'lalitham'-by pp ramachandran <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> lack of pomp</span></span></span></span><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><<<<<<<((((((()))))))>>>>>>></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"only a sweet crooning</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">to herald my being,</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">and the foresaken feather</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">to hunt the whole being,</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">and the warmth of brooding</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">flashes on you yet.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">so simple was our life,"</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">the birds chirped in ecstasy</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span></span> 30042003<br /></div>അച്യുതന്http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777094361515896522noreply@blogger.com0