As the bear hides in the Tuniki tree in a vale
Desire is asleep in the body
All the villagers are running towards the dale
To drive out the bear ---
But what about this body?
Nets cast all around Spies set on already
It’s not scared Doesn’t move It expels its own self, rebels
It’s impossible ever to escape
The passion is familiarized
To run away It never resists
Better it’s to concealIn the body rather than revolt
As it is an ease of habitual virtue
***
(Tuniki tree a kind of tree with a black bark. it is also called beedi tree of which the dried leaves are rolled into small cheap cigars called beedis)
Telugu original : OKAPPATI MATA …by kavi yakoob
Translation by Jagathi
All the villagers are running towards the dale
To drive out the bear ---
But what about this body?
Nets cast all around Spies set on already
It’s not scared Doesn’t move It expels its own self, rebels
It’s impossible ever to escape
The passion is familiarized
To run away It never resists
Better it’s to concealIn the body rather than revolt
As it is an ease of habitual virtue
***
(Tuniki tree a kind of tree with a black bark. it is also called beedi tree of which the dried leaves are rolled into small cheap cigars called beedis)
Telugu original : OKAPPATI MATA …by kavi yakoob
Translation by Jagathi
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