Kagga 12
D. V. Gundappa · 1887–1975 · from the Kannada original
Transliteration
mAnavarO dAnavarO bhOmAteya taNeseshoNitavanu ereyuvaru bASHpa saluvudire?Yenu hage? Yenu dhage? Yenu hoge! yE dharaNisaunikana kaTTeyEm? -- MANKUTIMMA
Interpretation
Are these people men or demons?
They soak Mother Earth in blood instead of tears in order to sake her thirst
What hatred!!
What a hunger for destruction -- what heat!!
What a hunger for annihilation -- what smoke!
Mankutimma, the whole Creation seems to be the playground of a tyrant -- shouldn't it be the playground of The Benevolent One?
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