Friday, May 27, 2011

Valluvar meditates on subtle, gentle and sublime love

When she laughs

Showing her pretty teeth

My heart is swayed

By that honey taste.

When you thumb through

The pages of Kural (Third part)

You will not have any craving

To look at her body and get swayed by it

And instead, incessantly

You will have an

Irresistible temptation

To look at all the

Infinite variety of beauty

Sculpted on her face and mind

That’s the greatness of

The creator, Thiruvalluvar.

It’s only at the old age,

Especially when marching

Towards 60 milestone, and after

And also attempting to

Pursue some spiritual aspects

Of life, too, rather belatedly

I could feel and smell

The craving for sensual side too.

To understand the fair, brighter opposite sex

The fragrant and vibrant Side of a girl

Kural came and occupied my

Molecules of brain.

There was no looking back thereafter.

I will do more translation.

Will the supreme give time

And the academic stamina

To accomplish the task?

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