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Thursday, January 08, 2015

Question Answered

In a dream one night,
I asked my beloved,
'Which do you like more:
my town or yours?
My town is Honnuru,
and yours Naviluru:
which do you like more?'

'Which do you like more:
my town or yours?'
Is that a question to ask?
Lounging in bed in my town,
I dreamt of yours:
need I say more?' she said.
'Which do you like more:
my town or yours?
Is that a question to ask?
Quiet, my prince!'

'On the way to my town,
coconut palms beckon,
banana trees wave.
Brides to thorn fences,
swaying buds of jasmine
daub the air with perfume.
Laughing girls from my town
prance to the fair in yours.
My love then stops me to say,
Honnuru it is, happier than Naviluru.'

K S Narasimha Swamy
(translation by S R Ramakrishna)

* Honnuru: Town of Gold; Naviluru: Town of Peacocks

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