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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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?
mOhanaji,lively & lovely write up!!
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
Very good super bowl game. Nice to see the underdogs win. The long suffering New Orleans deserve a moment of happiness!
Regards! - mOhana
Excellent poem, good similies and also the snow kolam is as good as the poem