Ode to State Bank of Hyderabad
K. Vivekanandam
Hail State Bank of Hyderabad standing
stately at Gun Foundry
Whenever I see you I fall in a
reverie
Imposing structures of architecture
profuse
At the entrance beauty does marble
expose
High walls of Italian marble green
Resplendent are splendour in the
twilight seen
Alluring marble in black or other
colour
Reveals wonderous fruits of human
endeavour
One fails to notice its grandeur on a
day cosy
It stands unveiled after customers
aren’t busy
When silence prevails its arches late
in the night give delight
The shining beauty of its arches
gives delight
Amazing in the night when silence
descends every where
As though it’s a gun-studded fuel,
very rare
At day it is just a busy place
bustling with people
Dressed in clothes of hues red, green
and purple
Does any of them stop a while to
ponder
On the architectural beauty of hers
and wonder?
Would anyone reflect, on the end of
our actions?
Where are we going, what is the end of all the transactions?