SRIDEVI

SRIDEVI

JALASAMADHI----

NIRVANA

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I a happy butterfly

flitting here and there

just touch your fingertips

and in a moment

my kiss brings you to rapture

our bonds must have spanned past lives

that is why I come to you shamelessly,

silently,helplessly with throbbing heart

till my last breath

I will flutter around you my soul mate

no friend,not even my shadow as close as you

on the shore of past life memories

you must have kissed me so deeply

that you branded me for eternity

yet my longing for you is not satisfied my life's darling

with you alone I drive nights'chariot of dreams

I a creature of the sea

caress your shores with more than ecstasy

with more than intense yearning

even if I drown in this ocean of desire

you will live in every pulse of my being

( Translated by Indira Punnoose)

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LAUGHING IN THE MOONLIGHT

(NILACHIRI)

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Long,long ago my Love

we planted in our garden

A Chembakom (Plumeria)

its intoxicating scent

beckoning us

Visions of those summer nights

still twinkle in my memory

evenings clad in ruby red

flower filled nights

sprinkled with silver moon beams

When I first touched your hand,my Love

you stood stunned,electrified

the twilight witnessed our first kiss

and you blushed like a golden Asoka bloom

With my embraces

with my kisses

I buried your body

and as a golden lamp you glowed

That night when we two became one

a shy lily ,with folded hands you stood

as beautiful as the lustrous moon

a blessing earned by the good Karma of the past lives

Then you SMILED

though today we are old and grey

you, a mother of children, a grandmother

in the secret arbour of my memory

I treasure,my darling

A smile that defeats

the golden moonlight

the alluring twilight

the exquisite songs of the nights..

( Translated by Prof. Prasanna Kumari )

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THE GOLD FISH

There appeared a gold fish in my day dream

Silver and crystal glittered it's fins,

Dancing and choking in the jar - drained of water

My heart bleeds - at its struggle

At the dance so picturesque

The gold fish in the lone jar.

The time is too short - soon it will be still

I searched around for water - in vain

Found the dark sea brimming in my heart

Turning on the waters - filled the jar with tears.

I started from my dream

Something pierced my eyes so sore

I struggled to open them - but failed

I craved for water - battled for breath

Like the gold fish in the lone jar

And my sight flickered to dimness

At the flash of those silver fins.

( Translated by Jessy Thomas. )

SRIDEVI