Ravikumar C.P.

The song of a bird
Kannada Poem by G.S. Shivarudrappa
English Translation by C.P. Ravikumar
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Hindi Poem by Gulzar
Translated by C.P. Ravikumar
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On seeking fame
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He throws open the doors
Of the house in the East
And begins his daily chore -
Melting pearls in a crucible
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Bent is a cane of sugar
But O connoisseur tell me,
Does its juice seem bent to you?
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Original Kannada Poem: D. Vijaya
Translation: C.P. Ravikumar

Rest assured and have no fear.
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Do not treat us like your step children, Mother,
Do not treat us like your step children.
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Kannada poem: Basavaraj Vakkunda (1983)
Translation: C.P. Ravikumar (1990)
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Kannada poem by B.R. Lakshmana Rao
Translated by C.P. Ravikumar
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His big dreams of an amusement park
Lies shattered.
The lives of his own grandchildren
Are in jeopardy.
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Tungabhadra - no, not the river - my one-year old daughter,
My little goddess! Somewhere in Madras if a cyclone
Were to rise and a few drops were to fall in Mysore,
She is sure to catch a cold; if the summer sun
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Kannada composition by Kanakadasa
Translated by C.P. Ravikumar

Do not fret, O mind, have patience,
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Kannada poem by D.R. Bendre
English translation by C.P. Ravikumar

Aeons may come and aeons may go,
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Kannada Poem: Sumatindra Nadig

She already knows that I know
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life thus far has been smug,
like the saree folded neatly
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Hindi Poem: Subhadra Kumari Chowhan
Translated by C.P. Ravikumar

If only this Kadamba tree was in the banks of river Yamuna,
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Kannada Poem by K.V. Thirumalesh (1978)
Translation by C.P. Ravikumar (1991)

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Kannada Poem by M. Gopalakrishna Adiga
Translated by C.P. Ravikumar

A river of life flows incessantly
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Kannada poem by B.R. Lakshmana Rao
Translated by C.P. Ravikumar
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Original Kannada Poem: K.V. Puttappa (Kuvempu)
Translated by C.P. Ravikumar

These ties that bind you and me together
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