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primal mysteries�察�And drinks of life at Time's forgotten source。 



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                             TO MY CHILDREN 



                                  Jaya Surya�察�aetat 4 

     Golden     sun  of  victory�察  �born   In  my   life's  unclouded    morn�察  �In  my 

lambent     sky   of  love�察 �May    your   growing    glory   prove   Sacred    to  your 

consecration�察�To my heart and to my nation。 Sun of victory�察�may you be 

Sun of song and liberty。 

                                    Padmaja�察�aetat 3 

     Lotus´maiden�察     �you    who   claim    All  the   sweetness    of   your   name�察�

Lakshmi�察�fortune's queen�察�defend you�察�Lotus´born like you�察�and send you 

Balmy moons of love to bless you�察�Gentle joy´winds to caress you。 Lotus´ 

maiden�察�may you be Fragrant of all ecstasy。 

                                  Ranadheera�察�aetat 2 

     Little  lord   of  battle�察 �hail  In  your   newly´tempered      mail�   �Learn    to 

conquer�察  �learn   to   fight   In   the   foremost   flanks   of   right�察  �Like   Valmiki's 

heroes bold�察�Rubies girt in epic gold。 Lord of battle�察�may you be�察�Lord of 

love and chivalry。 

                                    Lilamani�察�aetat 1 

     Limpid     jewel   of  delight   Severed    from    the  tender   night   Of   your 

sheltering mother´mine�察�Leap and sparkle�察�dance and shine�察�Blithely and 

securely set In love's magic coronet。 Living jewel�察�may you be Laughter´ 

bound and sorrow´free。 



                          THE PARDAH NASHIN 



    Her   life   is   a   revolving   dream   Of   languid   and   sequestered   ease�察  �Her 

girdles    and  her  fillets  gleam   Like   changing    fires  on  sunset   seas�察  �Her 

raiment     is  like  morning    mist�察 �Shot    opal�察 �gold   and   amethyst。     From 

thieving   light   of   eyes   impure�察  �From   coveting   sun   or   wind's   caress�察  �Her 

days are guarded and secure Behind her carven lattices�察�Like jewels in a 

turbaned crest�察�Like secrets in a lover's breast。 

    But   though   no   hand   unsanctioned   dares   Unveil   the   mysteries   of   her 

grace�察�Time lifts the curtain unawares�察�And Sorrow looks into her face 。 。 。 



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Who shall prevent the subtle years�察�Or shield a woman's eyes from tears�拭�



                                   TO YOUTH 



    O Youth�察�sweet comrade Youth�察�wouldst thou be gone�拭�Long have we 

dwelt   together�察 �thou   and   I�察�Together  drunk   of   many  an   alien dawn�察�And 

plucked the fruit of many an alien sky。 

    Ah�察  �fickle   friend�察  �must   I�察  �who   yesterday   Dreamed   forwards   to   long�察�

undimmed       ecstasy�察 �Henceforward      dream�察   �because    thou  wilt  not   stay�察�

Backward to transient pleasure and to thee�拭�

    I give thee back thy false�察�ephemeral vow�察�But�察�O beloved comrade�察�

ere we part�察�Upon my mournful eyelids and my brow Kiss me who hold 

thine image in my heart。 



       NIGHTFALL IN THE CITY OF HYDERABAD 



     See how the speckled sky burns like a pigeon's throat�察�Jewelled with 

embers of opal and peridote。 

     See   the   white   river   that   flashes   and   scintillates�察  �Curved   like   a   tusk 

from the mouth of the city´gates。 

    Hark�察�from the minaret�察�how the muezzin's call Floats like a battle´flag 

over the city wall。 

    From trellised balconies�察�languid and luminous Faces gleam�察�veiled in 

a splendour voluminous。 

    Leisurely   elephants   wind   through   the   winding   lanes�察  �Swinging   their 

silver bells hung from their silver chains。 

    Round the high Char Minar sounds of gay cavalcades Blend with the 

music of cymbals and serenades。 

    Over the city bridge Night comes majestical�察�Borne like a queen to a 

sumptuous festival。 



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                                STREET CRIES 



    When   dawn's   first   cymbals   beat   upon   the   sky�察  �Rousing   the   world   to 

labour's various cry�察�To tend the flock�察�to bind the mellowing grain�察�From 

ardent toil to forge a little gain�察�And fasting men go forth on hurrying feet�察�

BUY BREAD�察�BUY BREAD�察�rings down the eager street。 

    When   the   earth   falters   and   the   waters   swoon   With   the   implacable 

radiance of noon�察�And in dim shelters koils hush their notes�察�And the faint�察�

thirsting blood in languid throats Craves liquid succour from the cruel heat�察�

BUY FRUIT�察�BUY FRUIT�察�steals down the panting street。 

    When twilight twinkling o'er the gay bazaars�察�Unfurls a sudden canopy 

of   stars�察  �When   lutes   are   strung   and   fragrant   torches   lit   On   white   roof´ 

terraces where lovers sit Drinking together of life's poignant sweet�察�BUY 

FLOWERS�察�BUY FLOWERS�察�floats down the singing street。 



                                     TO INDIA 



    O    young    through    all  thy  immemorial      years�   �Rise�察  �Mother�察   �rise�察�

regenerate from thy gloom�察�And�察�like a bride high´mated with the spheres�察�

Beget new glories from thine ageless womb� �

    The   nations   that   in   fettered   darkness   weep   Crave   thee   to   lead   them 

where great mornings break 。 。 。 。 Mother�察�O Mother�察�wherefore dost thou 

sleep�拭�Arise and answer for thy children's sake� �

    Thy   Future   calls   thee   with   a   manifold   sound   To   crescent   honours�察�

splendours�察�victories vast�察�Waken�察�O slumbering Mother and be crowned�察�

Who once wert empress of the sovereign Past。 



             THE ROYAL TOMBS OF GOLCONDA 



    I muse among these silent fanes Whose spacious darkness guards your 

dust�察�Around   me   sleep   the   hoary   plains   That   hold   your   ancient   wars   in 

trust。 I pause�察�my dreaming spirit hears�察�Across the wind's unquiet tides�察�



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The glimmering music of your spears�察�The laughter of your royal brides。 

     In   vain�察  �O   Kings�察  �doth   time   aspire   To   make   your   names   oblivion's 

sport�察�While yonder hill wears like a tier The ruined grandeur of your fort。 

Though centuries falter and decline�察�Your proven strongholds shall remain 

Embodied memories of your line�察�Incarnate legends of your reign。 

     O   Queens�察  �in   vain   old   Fate   decreed   Your   flower´like   bodies   to   the 

tomb�察  �Death   is   in   truth the   vital   seed   Of   your   imperishable bloom  Each 

new´born year the bulbuls sing Their songs of your renascent loves�察�Your 

beauty wakens with the spring To kindle these pomegranate groves。 



              TO A BUDDHA SEATED ON A LOTUS 



     Lord Buddha�察�on thy Lotus´throne�察�With praying eyes and hands elate�察�

What mystic rapture dost thou own�察�Immutable and ultimate�拭�What peace�察�

unravished of our ken�察�Annihilate from the world of men�拭�

     The wind of change for ever blows Across the tumult of our way�察�To´ 

morrow's      unborn   griefs   depose   The   sorrows    of  our   yesterday。   Dream 

yields to dream�察�strife follows       strife�察�

    And Death unweaves the webs of Life。 

    For us the travail and the heat�察�The broken secrets of our pride�察�The 

strenuous lessons of defeat�察�The flower deferred�察�the fruit denied�察�But not 

the peace�察�supremely won�察�Lord Buddha�察�of thy Lotus´throne。 

    With   futile   hands   we   seek   to   gain   Our   inaccessible   desire�察  �Diviner 

summits to attain�察�With faith that sinks and feet that tire�察�But nought shall 

conquer or control The heavenward hunger of our soul。 

     The end�察�elusive and afar�察�Still lures us with its beckoning flight�察�And 

all our mortal moments are A session of the Infinite。 How shall we reach 

the great�察�unknown Nirvana of thy Lotus´throne�拭�

     ��end�А�



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