[prateekswarup]

Originally Posted by srini1785

I composed this choir a few years back, but the pastor would not allow me to sing:

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters
Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
And nothing else matters
Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know
So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know
I never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
And nothing else matters
Trust I seek and I find in you
Every…

Are we quoting popular song lyrics? Metallica?

[locusjag]

I'm not a poet. I've never even formally read Tamil in school, but our morose road users inspired me to pen a rhyming couplet -

Manithanum erumaiyum saalai vidhigalai mathikavillai,
Erumaiyidam irukkum porumai kuda manithanidam illai!

(Translation:
Humans as well as buffaloes aren't obeying traffic rules,
But humans lack the patience that buffaloes have!)

I feel pretty proud of this rhyme of mine. It's going to be my bumper sticker. I hope that honkers get the message!

[gkveda]

Originally Posted by AZT

Can you post a translation.

Sure
ನಮಸ್ತೇ ಕರೋನ ದೇವೀ ಶಂಘಾಯಿ ಪುರವಾಸಿನೀ |
ಸಕಲ ದೇಶ ಸುಸಂವ್ಯಾಪ್ತೇ ಜನಪ್ರಾಣಾಪಹಾರಿಣಿ||

Hello corona Devi, resident of shanghai, I bow to you, for you have spread across several countries and stealing the lives of people

ನಿಶಾಚರಾಭಿಸಂಜಾತೇ ಸರ್ವಲೋಕಭಯಂಕರೀ |
ಶ್ವಾಸೋತ್ಕ್ರಮಣಾದ್ದೇವೀ ಜನಪ್ರಾಣಾಚಮನಂಕರೀ||
Oh, the one who is born through bat(one who travels only during night times), the one who frighten the whole world, the lady who sucks human lives through lung evacuation,

ತ್ರಿಮೂರ್ತಿ ಪೂಜಿತೇ ದೇವಿ ಮಮ ಪ್ರಾಣಯುತಂ ಕುರು|
ನಾನ್ಯಂ ಸ್ಪೃಷಾಮಿ ಪಾಪೋಹಂ ನಾಘ್ರಾಣಂ ಕರೋಮಿ ಹಾ||
Oh lady, who is worshipped by trimurthies, Brahma, Vishnu and maheswara, kindly leave us with our lives

We won't touch any one or smell anything from now on.

ಹಸ್ತ ಪ್ರಕ್ಷಾಲನಂ ಚಾಪಿ ಪಾದ ಪ್ರಕ್ಷಾಲನಂ ಸದಾ |
ಗೃಹೇ ತಿಷ್ಠಾಮಿ ನಾತಿಚರಾಮಿ ಚತುರ್ದಶ ದಿನಂ ತಥಾ||
Always we wash our hands and the legs too. And We will stay at home without wandering outside for 14 days

[knp]

Here are few lines on the ongoing crisis..
Corona… My Dear Corona,
you may be in killing spree;
but WE don't let you move free.
you may be hurting China, Italy, Iran;
but WE will hunt you down.
you could kill elders there,
but our sons & daughters protect OUR parents here.
you could weaken our lungs,
but not OUR hearts.
you may break our immunity,
but not OUR integrity.
we may have less doctors,
but not lesser helping hands.
even flu from Spanish didn't break US,
you better vanish now.
we are United by Stand,
but WE can Divide to break you.

[srini1785]

Originally Posted by locusjag

Manithanum erumaiyum saalai vidhigalai mathikavillai,
Erumaiyidam irukkum porumai kuda manithanidam illai!

erumaiyin porumai eyarkai.
manithanin porumai seyarkai

[srini1785]

The whole home quarantine thing and the what to do during this time reminded me of the poem "8 count "by Charles Bukowski :

"from my bed
I watch
3 birds
on a telephone
wire.

one flies
off.
then
another.

one is left,
then
it too
is gone.

my typewriter is
tombstone
still.

and I am
reduced to bird
watching.

just thought I'd
let you
know,
f**ker. "

[tchsvy]

Originally Posted by gkveda

Sure
ನಮಸ್ತೇ ಕರೋನ ದೇವೀ ಶಂಘಾಯಿ ಪುರವಾಸಿನೀ |
ಸಕಲ ದೇಶ ಸುಸಂವ್ಯಾಪ್ತೇ ಜನಪ್ರಾಣಾಪಹಾರಿಣಿ||

Hello corona Devi, resident of shanghai, I bow to you, for you have spread across several countries and stealing the lives of people

ನಿಶಾಚರಾಭಿಸಂಜಾತೇ ಸರ್ವಲೋಕಭಯಂಕರೀ |
ಶ್ವಾಸೋತ್ಕ್ರಮಣಾದ್ದೇವೀ ಜನಪ್ರಾಣಾಚಮನಂಕರೀ||
Oh, the one who is born through bat(one who travels only during night times), the one who frighten the whole world, the lady who sucks human lives through lung evacuation,

ತ್ರಿಮೂರ್ತಿ ಪೂಜಿತೇ ದೇವಿ ಮಮ ಪ್ರಾಣಯುತಂ ಕುರು|
ನಾನ್ಯಂ ಸ್ಪೃಷಾಮಿ ಪಾಪೋಹಂ ನಾಘ್ರಾಣಂ ಕರೋಮಿ ಹಾ||
Oh lady, who is worshipped by trimurthies, Brahma, Vishnu and maheswara, kindly leave us with our lives

We won't touch any one or smell anything from now on.

ಹಸ್ತ ಪ್ರಕ್ಷಾಲನಂ ಚಾಪಿ ಪಾದ ಪ್ರಕ್ಷಾಲನಂ ಸದಾ |
ಗೃಹೇ ತಿಷ್ಠಾಮಿ ನಾತಿಚರಾಮಿ ಚತುರ್ದಶ ದಿನಂ ತಥಾ||
Always we wash our hands and the legs too. And We will stay at home without wandering outside for 14 days

Brilliant! Inspired (rather a blatant copy I must admit!) by your poem I wrote this in Telugu, hope you don't mind.

కరోనా దేవీ, వుహాను పుర నివాసిని,
సకల దిశా సంవ్యాప్తిని, ప్రాణహరిణి..

నిశాచరా సంతానీ, సమస్త లోక భయంకరణి,
శ్వాసకోశ సంచారిణీ, ధన ప్రాణ నాశినీ..

దేవీ, విడుం ధన ప్రాణ మానములన్,
హస్తప్రక్షాణములన్ గావింపుము సదా,
విడువం గృహములన్, మము విడుం,
మేం వేడుం ముకుళిత హస్తః

[gkveda]

Originally Posted by tchsvy

Brilliant! Inspired (rather a blatant copy I must admit!) by your poem I wrote this in Telugu, hope you don't mind.

కరోనా దేవీ, వుహాను పుర నివాసిని,
సకల దిశా సంవ్యాప్తిని, ప్రాణహరిణి..

నిశాచరా సంతానీ, సమస్త లోక భయంకరణి,
శ్వాసకోశ సంచారిణీ, ధన ప్రాణ నాశినీ..

దేవీ, విడుం ధన ప్రాణ మానములన్,
హస్తప్రక్షాణములన్ గావింపుము సదా,
విడువం గృహములన్, మము విడుం,
మేం వేడుం ముకుళిత హస్తః

Very nice tchsvy

It is definitely not a copied one. I liked the line
shwasakosha sanchaarini dhanapranashini

So nice and factual

[Ms. Tesla]

Hi!!
Finally, I found A thread that specializes in poems!

I have been working on lots of them so here are a few!

1 - Click a photo

click, click, click a pic
after all a pic's magic
get an excellent background view,
I'll make it pleasant just for you
clean my lens, wash my hands
take the photo and make it grand


2 - books

Read a book that has a good hook
which binds you to its magical looks
read and read, all day long,
so much that you think it's better than ping pong.


3 - Pup!

I'm a pup
A lovely pup
pretty and cute
always wants grub
as big as a tiger cub
or even as small as a cup
with a long comb of hair
or a little soft stub!

all written by me!

hope you like them!

[ToothyPetrohead]

"Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul".

Romance my love, SX4

Romancing you darling in my life,
Fuming left is my wife.
Your so cute many beg to differ,
It is you only I prefer.
Your rouged tough looks
Makes my heart fill with happiness,
Leaves many around envious.
I could write volumes about you my dear,
But I’d like to remain within a dizain here,
Cheers Maruti Suzuki for this amazing product.


"If you don’t look back at your car after you park it, you own the wrong car".

I had won a contest of "Kiss my Car" years ago.

[vjvinamara]

I have a hobby of writing short verses during free time. Presenting a piece which I wrote years back in school. Hope you all will like and appreciate.

'मुख़्तलिफ़ हमारी चाहतें, ज़माने से लड़ी है ;
तस्वीरें भले ही काली, लेकिन ज़िन्दगी रंगो से भरी है ।
-विनम्र

I mostly write in Hindi, the above verse roughly translates to-
The whole world was against my unique desires,
my pictures may be dark but my life is full of colours.

Ps: The poem rhymes in Hindi and hence may feel a little odd in while translated in English.