Grand Canyon
English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar
Telugu Original : Dr K.Geeta
To fill the eyes
The visual that makes life fulfil
Must run millions of years past
To perceive the Grand Canyon in heart
Thousands of dreams must be caught
At every turn tilted from the sky
Into the valley
Of those vanished streams of forbidden rivers
Traces of memories in crimson streaks
Appear whenever lend an ear
Myths of thousands of years
Streaming into veins through brains-
Grand Canyon!
When Your exquisite beauty
Dashed sudden at first
Though no wings have I
Or any capable body to fly
I longed
To plunge into Valley
In the restless rapt
That clouds unto heart-
Many curves!
Neither one nor two!!
As many as turns in lives of earthly beings-
From Your head to feet
Embarrassing where to start
Somewhere below in lowlands
When the Colorado River
Anoints parani with its wavy foams
That sends goosebumps
When watching at the horizon
Standing on your high zones
The mind loses its space and time
And its sensitivity and existence
The only thing that exists in being
At your unparalleled elegance is
An absolute surrender
Falling upon knees
The warmth of streaming flow on cheeks-
An incense feel
Prevalent from
Heart to horizon
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A post graduate in English literature and language and in Economics. A few of my translations were published. I translated the poems of Dr. Andesri , Denchanala, Ayila Saida Chary and Urmila from Telugu to English. I write articles and reviews to magazines and news papers. To the field of poetry I am rather a new face.