I feel poetry coming on ....
Last night at 10 o’ clock I looked out of the kitchen window.... and saw the moon peaking out from behind the clouds. How pretty!
A quick glance at the calendar confirms my suspicion .... it’s a full moon.
A favourite.. almost forgotten verse floats though my mind. Immediately I have to go and look it up.
Aha! I find it in my well thumbed Penguin Book of Poems from the Sanskrit.
Blow, wind, to where my loved one is,
Touch her, and come and touch me soon:
I’ll feel her gentle touch through you,
And meet her beauty in the moon.
A quick glance at the calendar confirms my suspicion .... it’s a full moon.A favourite.. almost forgotten verse floats though my mind. Immediately I have to go and look it up.
Aha! I find it in my well thumbed Penguin Book of Poems from the Sanskrit.
Blow, wind, to where my loved one is,Touch her, and come and touch me soon:
I’ll feel her gentle touch through you,
And meet her beauty in the moon.
These things are much for one who loves –
A man can live by them alone –
That she and I breathe the same air,
And that the earth we tread is one.
A man can live by them alone –
That she and I breathe the same air,
And that the earth we tread is one.
posted by Omykiss at 2:23 pm
10 Comments:
I like this a lot. Can you please tell from where it was translated?
It was Holi yesterday. As you probably know, it comes a day after full moon.
And where in India, did you live?
I came here via Michele but I would have visited you anyway.
Hello again gautami ... the verse is marked Ramayana .... I lived most of the time in bangalore.
Aaaah, a poem for long distance lovers... How romantic.
I could have done with that 18 or so years ago. I think I'll print it put anyway....
Good plan ms mac ... you can use it when mr mac goes off on one of those mysterious trips of his ... wouldn't he be impressed!
What a beautiful picture and poem ... the moon brings around such beauty. Michele sent me, thanks!
Welcome april and thanks .... I like the moon almost as much as I like rainbows.
Hi :)
I love poetry. And i try to put some of poetry in my life. I'm a romantic woman!
Thanks for your visit. I'll be back. Hope you too!
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hello again figueirinha ... i like poetry too ... your name is quite strange .... what does it mean i wonder!
The Sanskrit book looks very appealing--or is it just the cover?
Dear, dear utenzi ..... the cover is only the promise of what's inside ;)
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