Kannada original: ನಿಶಾಂತ Nishaantha
Poet: Subraya Chokkady
Translated into English by: S. Jayasrinivasa Rao
CALM BEFORE DAWN
Across the mist-blanketed path
the sound of the night sliding past
its echo resonating
among the leaves,
in the mysterious swirls of the lake,
in the cascading fragrance of the blossoming buds,
in the silence of the mountain peak,
on the eyelids of the sky...
Adding their cadence to
the rhythm of this movement
are the heartbeats of those
who are still deep in slumber and
tiny footsteps in birds’ nests ...
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