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....
Did I say “I lament
over the leaves dead?�
It’s a mistake I must concede.
The leaves can never be bereft oflife.
Had it been so
there would not have been so much
merry-making at the carnival of their fall;
When they drop jostling
clad in yellow and gold
and descend to their grave
presenting a dumb tableau.
Well, to the budding twigs of trees
or to the muddy womb of the earth
equally rapturous are their birth
and departure, year to year.
Maybe it’s all due to their awareness
that like the mythical phoenix
from the heaps ofgold crumbling in clay
they will resurrect anon�
Âthe unborn generations ofleaves
pulsating and fluttering in the breeze
defying the pernicious breath ofdeath.