by admin | Sep 6, 2024 | Hindu, Poems by Men
I walked on a path through the jungleWhich an elephant had made,And about me lay a tangle of wilderness.The voice of desolation fills the distant plain.And the city is noisy with the bells of a tall temple.Beyond the jungle are the great mountains,Calm and clear.In...
by admin | Aug 19, 2024 | Hindu, Poems by Men
In whom longing for the Beloved hath taken abode,Every moment his body becometh feeble and enervated.A stream of tears constantly flows from his eyes;The pangs of pain ceaselessly smart his body and mind.Like rivers in Sawan and Bhadon, overflows the stream of my...
by admin | Aug 2, 2024 | Hindu, Poems by Men
‘He had revenge on Death, for he died well,’A poet wrote in life’s far distant spring,Stumbling on truth. Death’s fabled heaven and hellAnd drearier prospect yet the new times bringOf a blank nothingness hedge like a ringThe seeming self whose...
by admin | Jul 30, 2024 | Hindu, Poems by Men
Wake up the note! the song that had its birthFar off, where worldly taint could never reach,In mountain caves and glades of forest deep,Whose calm no sigh for lust or wealth or fameCould ever dare to break; where rolled the streamOf knowledge, truth, and bliss that...
by admin | Jul 28, 2024 | Hindu, Poems by Women
A thousand elephants followedas Narana Nampi walked in state.The town was adornedwith flags and banners,at every thresholdstood a blessed golden urn—I dreamt this dream, my friend.Tomorrow, auspicious day,the wedding will take place.A great green awning...
by admin | Jul 22, 2024 | Hindu, Poems by Men
A tree beside the sandyRiver-beachHolds up its topmost boughsLike fingers towards the skiesThey cannot reach,Earth-bound, heaven-amorous.This is the soul of man.Body and brainHungry for earthour heavenly flight detain.
