Yesterday while coming back from lunch we were discussing about shataka in telugu. For those who doesn't understand shataka.. It means 100. They are totally 100 poems written around a unified theme. The following is one of the poems from sumati shataka.
eppaTikeyyadi prastuta
mappaTikaa maaTalaaDi anyula manamul
noppimpaka taanovvaka
tappinchuku tirugu vaaDu dhanyuDu sumatI!
ps: It is in Telgish. Now, could somebody with good command on English can crisply translate it for me.. pleaaase.. :)
update: A failed attempt for a crisp translation.. :(
4 comments:
Yeah.. I would love to..being a fan of ancient language and literature; but do not know the meaning to translate;
a short note - it is quite construable to translate poems of the kind as many times, the information or meaning or conciseness is lost upon translation...isn't it..
PS: previleged to be the first commentator on this
"the information or meaning or conciseness is lost upon translation."
Yeah.. that is the problem!!
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@Anonymous
That's neat.. !! Doesn't map to the literal meaning but works beautifully.
Thank you.
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