హిమబిందు - Snowdrop

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హిమబిందు himabiMdu ఏ దూర సాగరపు వారికణాలో E dUra sAgarapu vArikaNAlO ఆవిరై ఒక మేఘమాలికన aavirai oka mEghamAlikana తూలికై tUlikai గాలిలో తేలుతూ gAlilO tElutU గాలితో తూలుతూ gAlitO tUlutU ఏ ప్రత్యేక లిప్తలో E pratyEka liptalO ఘనీభవించాయో ghanIbhaviMchAyO హిమస్ఫటికమణిగణనికరాలై himasphaTikamaNigaNanikarAlai చల్లగా మెల్ల callagA mella మెల్లగా తెల్ల mellagA tella తెల్లగా ధరకు దిగి tellagA dharaku digi పగడాల పెదవులపై pagaDAla pedavulapai ఆరురేకుల పారిజాతాలై aaru rEkula pArijAtAlai అర విరిసి ara virisi అంతలోనే కరిగి aMtalOnE karigi హేమంతసంధ్యలో hEmaMta saMdhyalO భూమికి రాలాయి bhUmiki rAlAyi మళ్లీ maLlI ఏ జలాశయంలో నీటిముత్యాలై E jalASyamulO nITimutyAlai ఎవరి చెక్కిళ్లను evari chekkiLlanu చక్కగా నొక్కుతాయో cakakgA nokkutAyO Snowdrop Know not I when the waters of which far away sea vaporised into a cloud and that cloud like a light feather floated willy-nilly in the wind and suddenly in an opportune moment froze as gem-like white snow crystals and dropped cooly, gently to the earth and touched the coral lips like a half open six petalled flower and almost immediately melted into droplets and fell to the floor in the wintry dusk Know not I when and where those pearl-like drops of water are again going to touch the cheeks of which unknown stranger J K Mohana Rao
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Lata
This is like an icicle. I'm tempted to hold it, break it, and crunch... :) Nice to know that you become extra creative on a day like this. I don't suppose you watch Super bowl?
Sun, 02/07/2010 - 16:12 Permalink
lakshmiraghu
mOhanaji,lively & lovely write up!!
Sun, 02/07/2010 - 17:26 Permalink
jkmrao

Just a note - In the original Telugu, I used the word aaru rEkula pArijAtAlai (like the six petalled pArijAtAs). It is impossible to bring out the nuance of this in English. As you know, the pArijAta flowers have varying number of petals including six. I used six to remind the symmetry of the snow crystals. Also pArijAta means that was born from water, like the snow crystal. Also as all of you know, the pArijAta flower has white petals with red ends (sepals?). So are the white snow crystals on red lips. This is where translations and transcreations are not successful. Regards! - mOhana
Sun, 02/07/2010 - 19:07 Permalink
jkmrao

Very good super bowl game. Nice to see the underdogs win. The long suffering New Orleans deserve a moment of happiness! Regards! - mOhana
Sun, 02/07/2010 - 19:13 Permalink
sudhabalakrishnan
Excellent poem, good similies and also the snow kolam is as good as the poem
Sun, 02/07/2010 - 20:57 Permalink