Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
(Translated by P. N. Appuswami from the original poem in Tamil)
[This confession of the nature of her love is made by a mistress to her maid.]
Wider than the earth,
Higher than the heavens,
And deeper far than the unplumbed sea
Is my love for him,
On whose hill-slopes
Bees make rich honey
From the flowers of the dark-stemmed henna.