6 translated poems of Santosh Maya Mohan

Translated poems of Santosh Maya Mohan

1. RECALL

Lying empty

Are your

All the seven chambers

From Sunday

To Saturday

Because

In each and

Every chamber

You leave impressions of

Kumkum smeared feet

Without stopping

Move away

On your

Further journey

My only

Treasure is

Recall of your

Rising and setting.

 

 

2. I AM CREEPER

I am creeper

Asking for

Fragrance of

Thy breath

To flourish

Gradually

I feel myself

Full of blossoms

With your

Delicate touch

I am

Fructified

With thy love.

 

 

 

3. MY CRAVING

In thicket

In herbary

You remain

My sappy spring.

In flowers

You only

Fill nectar.

You are

Incarnation of

Honey-bee.

I want

To be on wings

Craving for

Your creation.

 

 

 4. SPARROW

 Sparrow

Picking straws

One after another

Built a nest

On tree's highest branch

Lined it with cotton

Laid eggs

Hatched it

Discharged her duty

Got released

From debt of birth.

 5. STARS

As the light

Mingles with darkness

Lord of house

Vanishes from sight

Stealthily appear stars

One after another

 

 

6. FREEDOM

Nobody visualizes

Shattered dreams of queen

In the boundaries of palace

Often food is not available

In plate of gold

Flowing tears are

In habit of

Drying automatically

There is no

Jungle of concrete

For a winged creature

Nest of straws suffices

For stretching wings.

Rajni Chhabra

 

 

 

RAJASTHANI POEM OF SANTOSH MAYA MOHAN, FROM HER SAHITYA AKEDEMI PRIZE WINNING COLLECTION 'SIMRAN' TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY MYSELF, WITH HER CONSENT

RAJNI CHHABRA