FROM THE BANKS OF OSMAN SAGAR - Translation of 'Osman Saagarada Dandeyinda' ಉಸ್ಮಾನ್ ಸಾಗರದ ದಂಡೆಯಿಂದ

From the banks of Osman Sagar

from Avadha (1986)

With such fierce focus, O young man,

what are you looking at? 

The proverbial footsteps of the fish or

the mysterious inner pathways of the

girl you are in love with?

 

What form would the broken images take

floating in from the stirrings of the restless lake.

Just like you

I’m waiting too

with bated breath.

 

But,

when the waves rest

and things are clear,

would we have forgotten

who we are?

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