Sweet-scented breeze when wafts around,
A thrilled Koyal breaks into song,
On tree branches fresh sprouts abound,
On her face, love-making gone long,
Pearly sweat beads do when alight,
To whom would a scene not delight?
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Translation (sestet*) | 33.08.2025 | spring, night, delight, nightingale, nostalgia
*Wonder, if it can be called a Sestetto Rima-- iambic meter with a rhyme scheme of ABABCC.
Note: Here is a verse (in Harini meter) from Bhartrihari’s Shringaara Shatakam (hundred verses on love and romance). The poet paints here a picture of a spring season in full spell: when fragrance wafts around, tender sprouts surround, a Koyal sings, sweat beads alight from her face from prolonged coitus, who’d not get delighted? Here is the transliteration of the Sanskrit verse:
Parimala amrtah vatah shakha nava-ankura-kotayo,
Madhura-viruta-utkantha vachah priyah pika pakshinam |
Virala surata sveda-udgara vadhu-vadana-indavah,
Prasarati madhau ratryam jatah na kasya guna-udayah || 37 ||
Categories:
nava, night, nostalgia, spring,
Form: Rhyme
L-ife
O-ften
V-eils
E-very
L-uminous
Y-ear's
J-oyful
O-utlook,
Y-et
N-ever
A-bandons
V-ital
A-wakening
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Monocrostic (Birthday of Lovely Joy Nava)
Categories:
nava, birthday,
Form: Other
L-everage
O-f
V-accine
E-ventually
L-ets
Y-ou
J-ust
O-bliterate
Y-ucky
N-astiness
A-nd
V-iral
A-ilment
Topic: Birthday of Lovely Joy Nava (June 03)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
nava, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
M-y
A-nnual
I-dea
D-elightfully
E-mploys
L-ovely
M-essage
I-n
S-weet
C-omposition's
H-eartfelt
E-xpression
L-etting
L-ines
E-ndorse
N-ote
A-bout
V-ertical
A-crostic
Topic: Birthday of Maidel Mischelle A. Nava (February 21)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
nava, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
J-oy
O-f
S-miling
E-yes
L-ets
L-ife
E-njoy
N-ice
A-nd
V-ivid
A-spect
Topic: Birthday of Joselle A. Nava (April 05)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
nava, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
J-ust
O-btain
C-omforting
E-xpression
L-etting
Y-our
N-ice
N-ame
A-dvance
V-erse
A-new
Topic: Birthday of Jocelyn A. Nava (July 15)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
nava, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
A-nother
L-ight's
E-xcellent
X factor
I-s
S-un
I-n
R-adiant
I-llumination
S-ilently
H-aving
N-ewness
A-nd
V-ividness
A-like
Topic: Birthday of Alexis Irish A. Nava (September 27)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
nava, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
J-oy
O-nce
C-reated
E-ventually
L-ets
Y-our
N-ice
N-ewness
A-ppear
V-ividly
A-gain
Topic: Birthday of Jocelyn A. Nava (July 15)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
nava, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
J-oyful
O-pen
S-esame
E-rases
L-ife's
L-ock
E-asily
Topic: Birthday of Joselle A. Nava (April 5)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Categories:
nava, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Thou
great
son
of
the
land!
Salute!
Salute!!
We
Salute
thee!!!
An
unwavering
patriot,
undaunted
mountain.
British
admiral
and
nava
hero.
Toulon
submitted
to
thy
naval
prowess.
At
Calvi,thy
right
eye
was
obliterated,thou
was
not
shaken.
Thy
prominient
role
led
to
victories
off
Cape
Saint
Vincent,the
nile
battle;
great
conqueror,Napoleon
Advanced
not
cos
of
thy
heroic
strikes.
With
amputated
left
hand,thou
took
on
with
the
battle-
cry
for
thy
fatherland.
Created
Duke,a
vice-
admiral,more
services
thou
accepted:
in
battle
of
Copenhagen,thy
rare
abilities
manifested-
in
gratitude,a
Viscount
thou
became.
Battle
of
Trafalgar
1805
French
and
Spanish
fleets
were
crushed.
Thy
personal
charge
in
thy
flagship"victory"
defeated
the
invasion
of
Napoleon.
Oh!
How
hath
the
mighty
fallen,forfeiture
of
thy
life,
a
paid
price
for
victory.
Rest
great
son
of
Britain,
for
in
hearts
of
all,thou
breatheth!
Categories:
nava, tribute
Form: Elegy