Worthy Lessons Dr. C. Narayana Reddy

Translation

By

Dr Rajamouly Katta

Worthy Lessons

Dr. C. Narayana Reddy

If I move the pen

Letters do not flow

Unless we arrange thoughts

The cloud struggles a lot

There will not be showers.

If the raindrops have the will

For raining, they become showers.

Or they will be blown away by the wind.

Birds flying into the sky

Do not always move their wings.

Now and then they float

In the still manner.

That is their accustomed knack

The sea

With its mighty waves

That flow in their full rising

Shakes its hands with the shore

And goes back soon.

This is the principle followed by the sea

The air that is unseen

Offers life to others.

Broad-minded people never

Tell others openly about their help.

The tears seen are only tears.

But some glances

Tread the wrong paths.

The glance that sees straight

As an example, for righteousness.

If we see all objects of nature

Right from a piece of the cloud above

To a piece of soil on the ground

Are the lessons on selfless service

In the book of nature.

Source: Poem-16 ‘Pathaneeya Paathaalu’, from Vaakkuku Vayasu Leidu :

A Collection of Poems, Vareinya Creations, Hyderabad, P18-19

Published: Poetcrit 39.2 (July - December 2026):