Message Ethereal...Part 3

Note: These poem excerpts are my independent works based on the story material of the Sanskrit poetic work ‘Megha Dhootham'(Cloud Messenger) by Poet Great Kaali Daasa- 5th centuary AD (Please read previous parts before reading this) Yaksha's appeasing words continue... 10 O Cloud! You donor of water of life Of nectar, rich with passion and love Who else other than you could pacify hearts? That boils in separation n' wants; Adept in assuming forms you are My messenger, you dear to my heart... 11 Elegant majestic, up as you move Maidens who lost their men Would watch in grief-stricken awe ^Holding their undone hair windblown That moves skywards as if they know, As if they want to help convey vows, To their dear departed souls atop... 12 But for me and the ones so cursed No one else as they behold you there Would ignore the closeness Of the women of their hearts; 13 Can't you see O Cloud, your friend? The wind, blowing soft Move smooth, northbound? Can't you hear the *Chataka bird? Wishing a nice voyage sweet on your left; 14 Can't you see those excited cranes? The desires they hide on their lifted wings; Can't you see them in circles as they rise? Like lovely formed garlands in the sky 15 The moment now is apt to move, O Cloud, These are omens good for thy message trip You would see her soon, my wife, waiting Like a flowering plant un-wilted by the heat of solitude Bonded in faith, watered in love and hopes... Notes: *Chataka bird- a bird supposed to thrive on raindrops alone ^ Similes and metaphors in those lines original of Kaali Dasa (To be continued) May 10th,2009