Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
LAXMI NARAYAN MAHAPATRA
often I have run to the sea as a toddler;
in every point of my wistful being
have i annexed the sea with my entity
and lifted the sea with my fragile hands.
handfuls of its chilling warmth
i have smeared all over my sensitive body
and searched for my body鈥檚 sensitivity
frequently within that sea, like one lost
among the lanes of an unknown city.
search i for the sea鈥檚 foamy waveless form
joining the moonlight with the sea鈥檚 blue.
and suddenly the sea flies with the moonlight
lifting its white scarf unto the distant horizon.
I run behind it naked
while desire鈥檚 cloak is flown over the sand, shore.
the sea suddenly disappears in the circle of clouds
like an arrow of indomitable lust.
where is the color of the sea? where its light?
the sky and the sea become one.
the sky is colorless and lightless
only the foamy sea dances everywhere wildly
the sea, the sea, only the sea!
the blue of my body is spread over the sea鈥檚 canopy,
my being enveloped among the leaping sea-waves.
all the splashes of light under my mind鈥檚 sky
get lost within the womb of the sea.
where am i?
where is my entity? where is my wisdom?
how my limbs vanish with a touch of the wind!
and i become one with the sea, with the sky
like the tune of a faraway boatman鈥檚 song
along the horizon. all the differences merge into one
and all around hero the sea, only the sea!
鈥揟ranslated from the Oriya by Brajakishore Das