by Bhargavi Chandrasekharan
Seasons change, life changes. What of love? Does it change with time? Here is a poem exploring the beauty of falling in love. Bhargavi Chandrasekharan’s translation of Manushyaputhiran’s original (“Aaluyara Mazhaiththuli”) in Tamizh.
Tiny and huge,
raindrops, galore.
A life-size raindrop
walks
on the rainy road.
Walking beside
thousands and thousands
of raindrops
avoiding getting drenched,
holding the haft of the cloth,
it scurries past
beneath a little umbrella.
Even you
must be going behind
one of those life-size raindrops
knowing well that
it will melt
the moment
you set your eyes.
Yet,
in the moment preceding,
you surrender your heart
so completely
as if,
that raindrop
is the monsoon.
(Original – Manushyaputhiran’s “Aaluyara Mazhaiththuli” [ஆளுயர மழைத்துளி], translated and illustrated by Bhargavi)
Bhargavi Chandrasekharan is a passionate lover of life. She was the editor of a web-based bilingual literary magazine, Thoughts on Sale – https://thoughtsonsale.wordpress.com/. When she is not writing, singing, or dreaming, she is found arguing in the Courts of Law.
