स्वरतिक्रम-- swaratikrama: Stepping Beyond Heaven ( poem in Sanskrit)
Earlier also I tried a few things in Sanskrit; eventhough I have written many poems and articles in English and sometimes in Tamil, Sanskrit has been my dream; I wrote a poem for my company also; it went into the dust bin; now I wanted to plunge into Sanskrit from the Republic day! Seek all your blessings for a challenging journey in Sanskrit
I dedicate this to my Father, to whom I was a star; Father take me to those Mountain Peaks!
(Note: as I do not find Devnagari script in the Laptop, I am submitting the transliteration with the nearest translation in English)
my niece in US saw the poem in the facebook; based on her suggestion i used my brain a little and got the Devnagari script also.
स्वरतिक्रम
अतिरमणीया परभृतिका !
सुन्दरमं द्रृश्यते तव आत्मा !
शनैः शनैः भवति आगति !
भवति कथम् अजानात् मम सक्तिः !
" विकसितुमं प्रयत्नमं कुरु ! "
इति तव आझा अभवत्!
अहम् अकाशमं लक्षितम् अकरवम्!
परन्तु केवलं पर्वतस्य शिखरमं संप्राप्तम्!
किन्तु मन्दमारुतं मम शरीरम् अनुभवति!
ओहो! मम देवता! तत् भवति एव!
सम्प्रति मया स्वर्गमं न वाञ्छते!
Ati ramaneeyaa parabruthikaa
Sunddharam drusyatae thava aathmaa!
Sanaihi sanaihi Bhavati aaghati!
Bhavathi katam ajaanaath mama sakti?
“Vikasithum prayathnam kuru”
Iti thava aajna abhavath!
Aham aakasam lakshitam akaravam!
Parantu, kevalam parvatasya sikharam sampraaptam!
Kintu mandamaarudam mama sareeram anubhavati!
Oho! Mama Devata! Thatu Bhavati Eva!
Samprati maya swargam na ichchatae!
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Meaning
Stepping Beyond Heaven
Very beautiful female cuckoo!
Your soul looks beautiful!
Your highness enter slowly
How do you know my power?
“Try to evolve!”
Was your command!
I aimed at the sky!
But I could reach the mountain top only!
But my body could feel the gentle breeze!
My Angel, it’s you only
Heaven is not wished by me now!
I love the cuckoo bird stay with us rather than in heaven? Like your translation Raja!
this is so lovely -Raja & so very nice to see you :D
quaint,
i don't understand sanskrit much, but the translation, makes it clear, indeed a beautiful write...
My dream is to learn Sanskrit so I can write poetry, but sadly I have no idea where to begin. I very much enjoyed the lines: “Try to evolve!” Was your command! I aimed at the sky! Very nice job!