Floating quarrelling
An elephant and a tortoise
On the curvature of river-gloom;
The sky is curious
When death-flower will bloom...
Note:
In the epic Mahabharata wrestling between a demon 'Gaja'(elephant-figured demon) and 'Kachhapa' (tortoise-figured demon)
indicates keen long term rivalry.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem