Blue is the colour of the sky
Blue its image in the pond
The blue water lily soaks up
A little of the sky in its folds
Round it the greenish water spread
Round leaves with droplets of silver
A brown frog soaks up the sun
Looking at the blue dragonfly
Colours, bright and beautiful
Of the pink lotus and the black stork
Colours, light and ethereal
Of the white lily and the white duck
The mind goes blank for a while
Like a canvas to store up the image
The mind that I often keep engaged
In a bid to forget about life
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A fabulous poem…wonderful description of the lily pond………..so lucid expression! May favorite lines: “Colours, bright and beautiful/Of the pink lotus and the black stork/Colours, light and ethereal/Of the white lily and the white duck’ Beautifully composed. Full marks!
Thank you, Dillip, for the generous praise.