Till seen, to see her be the sole wish, which
Once fulfilled, to embrace her is the itch,
That done, there’s still no end,
Ways of wish far do wend,
Never to part then be passion’s new pitch.
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Translation (Limerick) | 26.08.2025 | desire, wish, women
Note: Here is a verse (in Upajati meter) from Bhartrihari’s Shringaara Shatakam (hundred verses on love and romance). Once a man is drawn to a beautiful woman, a world of desires unfolds, it says. You satisfy one and soon another one crops up. Here is the transliteration:
a-darshane darshana maatra kaamaa,
drastvaa parishvanga sukha eka lolaa |
aalingitaayaam punah aayata akshyaam,
aashaasmahe vigrahayoh abhedam || 23 ||
Categories:
eka, desire, passion, women,
Form: Limerick
Such a shame
The first strike
Was sprung
Out of shame
Tailed closely
By lust and jealousy
Paving new paths
To the beyond
The craving
For a bountiful harvest
Has now crafted ways
For eka to sow
the seeds of flesh
Alas with blood
now the food
for the soulless
Categories:
eka, emotions, evil,
Form: Narrative
Jokhoni mone pore tomar kotha
nijeke mone hoy boro eka
Fir e ki pawa jaina shey khonta
Mohurto gulu abege gatha
Pagol hoy monta
Jeno shara prithibir asha
Shudhui amar mone e aaka
Kaache jete hoy bhoy
Ekti polok dekha
Abar mone e hobe
aami boro eka
Categories:
eka, hope, lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme
Vaat baghtey mi tujhya hokarachi,
hokar tu mala dyava,
mag sarvatr tula fakt mi,
ani mala fakt tu disava,
vaat baghtey mi ya shanachi ,
EK SHAN ASA ASAVA.........!!
vaat baghtey mi aplya milanachi,
milan aaple wahve ase,
guntave apon eka pavitr bandhanat,
mag rutu vasantacha yava,
vaat baghtey mi ya shanachi,
EK SHAN ASA ASAVA.........!!
amar rahavi aapli prem-kahani,
tyat prem ase asave,
premachya ya god bandhnat guntun apon rahe,
mag varsh,din,mahina ekach vatava,
vaat baghtey mi ya shanachi,
EK SHAN ASA ASAVA..........!!
EK SHAN ASA ASAVA,
tu fakt majha asava,
tujhya kushit asave mi,
ani hatat majhya haat tujha asava,
vaat baghtey mi ya shanachi,
KADHITARI EK SHAN ASA ASAVA.......!!
Categories:
eka, love
Form: Romanticism
Away from the day,he sits to play.As the moon sets on his shoulders.His reflection passes
through a stream.As he is near the creek bed.Tortured by loneliness.The flute whispers
serenity in his ear.Warrior has seen miles of majestic land.Yet his journey has left no
sign of an indigenous woman.For which he would share his life.His humbleness consumes
him.Will he wake from his bleeding soul?Or from this day fourth,the greatest love this
warrior will never know?
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Categories:
eka, life
Form: Free verse