Long Radha Poems

Translation of Oothukkadu Venkata Subba Iyer (circa 1700-1765)’s « THAYE YASHODA » by T. Wignesan


This devotional song and poem in Tamil (the principal Dravidian language which has spawned over twenty languages in the southern Indian...

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Hindi Classical Love Song  – Seasons come and go.


Hindi Lines
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Rtu aavat - aa-aa kar jaavat,
Path nihaar kar thakeen - ye ankhiyaan, 
Saavan see hain ye - barsan laagat, 
Yaad aavat jab tumhaaree Kanhaiya. 01

In...

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Vasava – 
An untold story                              ...

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Prelude

This folk song is based on the childhood incidents of  8-10 years old Krishna, who use to
please everyone of Gukul village by his loving playfulness.  Gokul is the place where the
divine Krishna was...

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Prelude 
This love song signifying the feelings and love of Radha* for her divine lover Lord
Krishna* has been originally written by me in Hindi. I have tried to put feelings and love
of Radha* for her...

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English version of the Radha’s Love Song   1/2  Prelude on page 2



Those swinging trees and birds flying in the sky,
Those green creepers and the lovely Gokul*  hills,
Amid which, we used to...

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Radha’s  Song-   A folk Song of India  2/2

Prelude

This folk song is based on the childhood incidents 
of naughty 8-10 years old Krishna, who use to 
please everyone of Gukul village, Gokul...

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Rukmini Ma, do you ever envy Radha ji?

Her:
Rukmini Ma… may I ask you something?
Weren’t you ever… jealous of Radha?
You are his wife, his queen —
yet the world dances to the name of Radha-Krishna…
Doesn’t...

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"The sounds of Earth is the music of my soul."

       
                  ...

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If only alluring butterflies led me the right way, 
                  If only ravishing flowers showed me the idyllic path, 
...

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Dozing on a hammock
strung between two towering palms
with the sky above- 
color washed in turquoise blue
and the waters below
reflecting that heavenly hue,
you came to me causing ripples
of joy, sailing in a whimsical dream
like the strains...

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If only alluring butterflies led me the right way, 
                 If only ravishing flowers showed me the idyllic path,...

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Oh river of cosmos, eternal, immortal dignity!
Your ethereal flow bears the fruit of progeny,
you create, preserve, destroy, rebuild
transient ages in the timeless loop of universe.

Flickering amber lamp of life you light,
celestial powers in your gracious...

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O my glorious rival in love,
For I fell in the cosmic river of yours. 
I flew in the rhythm of darkness within, 
For finding my light in glorious you. 

I played my flute for you...

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Husband constantly beating and batting,
His kiths, like allies, consciously hitting;
Father-in-law, in his way commanding,
Mother-in-law, dire duties demanding;
Neighbors mocking at physical darkness,
Her skinny dullness and financial weakness;
Her aspiration to be fullness gone,
Seeds of hatred in each...

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Behold, how horribly the hungry Fire gapes at us
like a python, like a ravenous whale
and like the Bermuda Triangle.
How terribly the maddened Fire devours bricks and stones,
and drinks all the snow-hills like a tasty wine!
Like...

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Brimming with memories old
In its light golden look
What a scent, please behold
There beside the rippling brook

We call it golden champa
The smell relaxing and inspiring
Champa-necklace would wear Radha
When with Krishna she is dancing

In our lyrics of...

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Our friend Margarita is a little different
She would often dream of a bearded face
What she says is gray but significant
In her very own version below I place 

The contour in my dream is very familiar
But...

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Betrothed, 
Please don't come to the college campus 
In a rosy costume like a blooming red rose,
I feel bad.
Don't move on  the corridors  with your swan walks 
Being surrounded by your friends 
Like...

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Both were power, both stood divine
Gaze met and eyes danced in shine

Soul entwined as snake - side effect without wine
She was six and he was nine
Claimed each other - forever mine
The divine pair - beautiful...

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Rukmini:
Today, people fight over attention,
Cry over seen-but-not-replied,
Count minutes and measure loyalty through apps.
But love… true love… is not measured in notifications.
It’s measured in how softly you can hold someone,
without squeezing their wings.

We confuse control with...

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where is my flute today gone missing?
wether has thy flute gone oh krishna asked radha,
wether has it gone,
no sweet music heard,
no dancing peacocks, seen,
no lovely rain drencheth this vrindavan here,
its so dull...

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I am almost too excited to sleep
Today Holi started
The Festival of spring, the end of winter
Celebrating the divine love of Radha Krishna
Triumph of good over evil

We will have a bonfire tonight
Where we will pray that...

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It took us ninety years to get out from under the thumb
Of British rule, and many understand where we came from.
Mahatma Gandhi joined the fight in 1914 and taught us the way
To nonviolently protest with...

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Last league of March, after spring had reached its peak,
I opened my doors to abeer.
And sunshine.

She grinned, 
Wished, 
Ran,
And shrieked in delight when I caught her.

The saffron on the curves of her hips is mine....

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