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....
D. V. Krishna Sastri
Let them laugh if they like,
Why not I do just as I please?
I shall float on the wings of singing birds
And like a star amidst the stars,
Vanish in the sweetness of my songs!
Let them laugh if they like.
Sailing the skies along the clouds,
I shall flash like a lightning,
And fall to the earth as a rain drop.
Let them laugh if they like
I shall play hide and seek
With the friendly moon,
Behind the fleecy cloud;
And shall not descend
From the Heaven to the Earth.
Let them laugh if they like.
With the blowing wind I float
And hiding in the branches of trees,
To their leaves shall I whisper
The secrets of love;
Let them laugh if they like.
Tickling a flower-maid
And singing to another’s delight,
Hobnobbing with a third,
Flirting with a fourth,
I shall flit from bud to bud
To have my fill of honey
Flowing fresh and sweet;
Let them laugh if they like.
I shall be a bird or a little star,
The honeybee or the pretty moon,
A cloud or a lightning strange,
A pretty flower or a tender leaf,
A Song or a mountain rill
The wind or a wave of the sea,
Somewhere, somehow, sometime,
I shall change and vanish.
Let them laugh if they like,
Why not I do just as I please?
(Translated by D. Anjaneyulu)