AGAIN, BHARAT
Prof. V. V. Ramanadham
May Bharat (India) shine again
As an eternal flame on earth;
May men behave as angels
With earth in glow as heaven.
May it shape into Kanw’s hermitage
Where deer and tigers played as friends;
May it be the Asoka tree
Which offered light, desires subdued.
May today and yesterday
Move in siklful blend;
May union with feminine grace
Emerge’ twist east and west.
May it stand like the blue sky
Which, while breaking, gives others life;
May it be the abode of God
With incense in gentle fragrance.
“May the diseased branches drop
On the ground in prompt rhythm;
May fresh flowers flourish
In every spring with beauty.
May the ocean gush ashore
The hordes of hidden gems;
May the mines yet not dug
Open themselves up fully.
May great learning be redeemed
From lapse in the bowels of time;
May slighting cease of old cultures
With little thought of understanding.
May flouting doubts cease to be
That Mahatma Gandhi did live once;
May children be firmly informed
That Vyasa and Valmiki did exist.
If ever our ancestors come down
May this seem their old land;
At the minimum may they not regret
Their nostalgic descent.
May noble hearts flourish
That are offered to the mother;
May sleaze that squeezes the mother
For selfish ends disappear.
May Bharat (India) shine again
As an eternal flame on earth;
May we, with pride, proclaim
That we are the progeny of Bharat.
(A translation by the author of his poem in Telugu)