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....
THE SEA WAS CALM
(Translated from Gujarati)
The sea was calm, exhausted, breathing softly,
Palpitations inaudible.
The water-splashed sands lay impeccably spread out.
Inhaling the freshness of the morning hour,
I walked briskly along.
Just I turned my , a row of footsteps chasing me!
鈥淲hat are you after?鈥� 鈥淥f course, we are following you.鈥�
鈥淢e?鈥� 鈥淟ook! that horizon throwing up a terrible tide.
Save us from the carnivorous waters, swallowing us.鈥�
I was pensive for a while.
And the sea leapt up and devoured the line of footsteps.
鈥揥as the tide-music singing the footbeats of innumerable men like me?
The waters receded in utter exhaustion.
鈥揥as the sea listening to the footfall of Time?
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