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From: SANKARAN@Meena.CC.URegina.CA (Sankaran, Sam)
Subject: Bharati in Translation - 7

Source: AGNI... pp. 10-11]






                        LOVE THINE ENEMY
                         (September 22, 1915)

Love thine enemy, heart of mine, Oh!
Love thine enemy.

Hast thou not seen the shining flame
Amidst the darkening smoke?
In foeman's soul lives Krishna, whom
As Love the wise invoke.

Oft we have preached to men that God
In all that is doth shine.
Why, then, my heart, 'tis God that stands
Arrayed as foemen's line.

Dost know that limpid pearls are found
Within the oyster vile?
Hast seen on dunghill, too, sometimes
The starry blossom smile?

The heart that fans its wrath, shall it
The inner peace possess?
The honey poison-mixed, shall it
Be wholesome nevertheless?

Shall we who strive for Life and Growth,
Lend thought to Sad Decay?
'Thine evil thoughts recoil on thee',
So do the wise ones say.

When Arjun fought, 'twas Krishna whom
He faced, disguised as foes;
'Twas Krishna, too, that drove his car
In charioteering pose.

Strike not the tiger threatening thee,
But love it, straight and true;
The Mother of All hath donned that garb,
Salute her there, there, too.

Love thine enemy, heart of mine, Oh!
Love thine enemy.

      ( End of Translation)






Transliteration of the original, from MBK, pp. 170-171, from the section,
    "vEdhAnthap pAdalkaL."

     23. \btpakaiva_nukku aruLvA_y

         pakaiva_nuk karuLvA_y -- n^a_n_nenysE!
         pakaiva_nuk karuLvA_y!

1. pukai n^a_tuvi_nil thI_yiruppathaip
         pUmi_yiR ka_N_tOmE -- n^a_n_nenysE!
         pUmi_yiR ka_N_tOmE.
   pakai n^a_tuvi_nil a_npuru vA_na_nam
         parama_n vAzhki_nRA_n -- n^a_n_nenysE!
         parama_n vAzhki_nRA_n.

2. sippi_yelE n^alla muththu viLain^thi_tunys
         se_ythi _yaRi_yA_yO? - n^a_n_nenysE!
   kuppai_yilE malar konysu_n kurukkaththik
         ko_ti vaLarAthO? -- n^a_n_nenysE!

3. uLLa n^iRaivilOr kaLLam pukun^thi_til
        uLLam n^iRaivAmO? -- n^a_n_nenysE!
   theLLi_ya thE_nilOr siRithu n^anysai_yum
        sErththapi_n thE_nAmO? n^a_n_nenysE!

4. vAzhvai n^i_naiththapi_n thAzhvai n^i_naippathu
         vAzhvukku n^ErAmO?--n^a_n_nenysE!
   thAzhvu piRarkke_N_Nath thA_nazhivA n^e_nRa
         sAththiraNGk kELA_yO?--n^a_n_nenyse!

5. pOrukku van^tha_n kethirththa kavuravar
          pOlava_n thA_numava_n--n^a_n_nenysE!
   n^Eruk karussu_na_n thEriR kasaiko_N_tu
          n^i_nRathuNGkka_N_Na_na_nRO?--n^a_n_nenysE!

6. thi_n_na varumpuli tha_n_nai_yum a_npo_tu
          sin^thai_yiR poRRi_tuvA_y--n^a_n_nenysE!
   a_n_nai parAsakthi _yavvuru vA_yi_naL
          avaLaik kumpi_tuvA_y--n^a_n_nenyse!





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