Message Ethereal...Part 2 Poem by Kesav Venkat Easwaran

Note: These poem excerpts are my independent works based on the story material of the Sanskrit poetic work ‘Megha Dhootham’(Cloud Messenger) by Poet Great Kaali Daasa- 5th centuary AD

(Please read the earlier stanzas before reading this)

Yaksha's lamentation continues...

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O, Cloud! Most gracious and kind,
You remain still as if a friend who yields,
Attentive to his pal’s request;
On your sight the oceans roar,
In search of awaiting distant shores;
The spring charming is not yet on;
No bows of Kaama* seen around...
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Yet your mature and mighty sight
No doubt creates commotion waves,
Of desires, inside love thirsty minds,
Brings bitter and sweet disturbing pains,
To the hearts of the blessed even;
What to say then of the state
Of the ones, forlorn vanquished?
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Born out of wind water fire n’ smoky mist,
Insentient, you Cloud! My folly what else!
What else I may call of my thoughts,
Wanting you to be my messenger yet!
What my mind, illogic and dazed,
Tells my head to heed, I repeat;
Love lost won’t have brain or eyes;
Only a heart that profoundly bleeds...
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Pleas made out to worthy souls,
Despite go unheard, may come of good
Requests made to the unworthy
Though heard, may not bear any fruit...
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O, worthy Cloud, don’t you see
These flowers wild, their vibrant hues,
Don’t you see me in wilderness?
Feel the fragrance that the blooms send up?
I offer to you all these
Accept my request; be my friend,
Be my endeared brother;
And be my able messenger...

*Kaama- Cupid- demi-god of passion and love according to Hindu Mythology...he is supposed to roam around with sugarcane bows and jasmine arrows in places where love and lust reside...or is it the other way round? Love and passion arrive where Cupid makes his presence...

25 04 2009