C.Narayana Reddy
VERY STRANGE WANTS
Translated by Dr. Rajamouly Katta
The ears that are tired of hearing
The words uttered by the mouth
Wishes to listen to
How the heart speaks.
The feet that got disgusted
With walking for years and years
On earth feels walking,
On water surface interesting,
The eyes that got bored of watching
All above the welkin
Grows anxious to go and watch,
How it is beyond the sky.
The fingers that touched ice-pieces
And got unbearable feeling,
Wants to have the experience
Of touching fire-sparks,
The tongue is curious to taste,
The mixture of all tastes.
The strange wants of those feet,
Those eyes, those fingers
That tongue all are the signs,
Of man's strange attitude.
When man has the temperaments,
Unwanted and inapplicable,
He becomes a wrong man.
Published: Poetcrit 37-2 July 2024
Source: Poem-19 'Vintha Vintha Korikalu' from Vaakkuku Vayasu Leidu: A Collection of Poems, Vareinya Creations, Hyderabad, 37-38
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