Thank god there were no humans and so there was nothing to fear

Translating   A  Tamil poem  written

  by Ravi Subramanian:

My title: Journeying  through  Forest

Translation is not merely verbally translating mechanically; the translator must enter the author and capture his feelings and the soul sibling experience and also add his own flavour and spice.My acknowledgment  to  thinamani.

While jostling through the dense forest,

Darkness pervades everywhere.

It is bristling with animals’ roars and birds’ chirping sound

Tall trees attempting to reach the sky,

Leaf carasses and the resulting sound of coitus,

A great torrential waterfall and

 the gently flowing stream

And yet there were no humans,

And therefore there was nothing

TO BE AFRAID OF.

(To read the original tamil version see  thamizhmani @dinamani.com.

 dated,21 -06-2015.I have done some dramatization by using a word or two to

get some feel)