Poetry Translation -2
Title : The Union
Who your mother is ?
Who my mother is ?
( Were they related ?
If so, in what way ?)
Nay, who thy father is ?
And my father is ?
Did they know each other ?
Or were they related ?
Who am I ?
Who are you ?
(Weren’t we united ?)
Yet, we fell in
the rhapsody of love
and became one
like the rainwater,
that showers on the red soil
becomes one with it,
turning all red.
And in the like manner we merged as one…………
-- A translation of a poem from Tamil Classical poetry Kurunthogai – Kurinjiththogai poem
Poet’s name : Sembulap Peineerar
Ramesh Iyengar
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