INSTANTANEOUS EMBRACE
Did our mothers know each other?
Was my father in anyway related to yours?
How come we got united together?
Like the rain on red earth's surface
Loving hearts got blended
In an
Instantaneous embrace.
Translated from Tamil by R.Natarajan
(The above poem is from the ancient Tamil classic Kuruntokai,of the Sangam Era about 2000 years ago)
This translation was awarded consolation prize in the Indian Literature(Sahitya Akademy's journal) Golden Jubilee Translation Competition
Did our mothers know each other?
Was my father in anyway related to yours?
How come we got united together?
Like the rain on red earth's surface
Loving hearts got blended
In an
Instantaneous embrace.
Translated from Tamil by R.Natarajan
(The above poem is from the ancient Tamil classic Kuruntokai,of the Sangam Era about 2000 years ago)
This translation was awarded consolation prize in the Indian Literature(Sahitya Akademy's journal) Golden Jubilee Translation Competition
1 comments:
i remember my best friends when i read this poem
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