Thursday, March 24, 2011

The 'SEA" that I saw...


This happened several months ago, but for some reason I could not write it.
 
I had been to Manipal for recruiting interns. When we were finished, we decided to visit the beach. At the beach, I stood there, staring at the sea, wondering its vastness and calm. And suddenly, I was filled with some kind of sadness. Oh where is that river?
 
There is this song written by GS Shivarudrappa in Kannada, "kaaNada kaDalige hambaliside mana"(mind is longing for the unseen sea). In the song a river has been personified and through the adroit mincing of words the poet has ingeniously expressed river's feelings. The gushing river imagines the 'sea', its final destination. It puts together all information it has heard about 'the sea', in this captivating composition.
 
The river says, "my mind is longing for the unseen sea, will I ever be able to see it, will I ever be able to merge into its color", the river hears the whispering roar of waves, river wonders how could the sea be so calm when thousands of rivers merge into it. 
The last two lines of the song leave me awestruck. The line goes like "jaTila kaananada, kuTila paThagaLali hariva toreyu naanu...". It means, 'I am the stream that flows through crooked paths in the arduous forests, will I be able to dissolve into the blueness of the sea someday?' The rhyming words chosen by the poet and the cadent voice of Ashwath, resonates with my emotions and imagination. I imagine the world in which 'I' am the river and I am chasing my dreams.
 
Looking at sea, I wondered what happened to that river? Where did it go? Oh.. it has lost its identity in the vastness of sea. Does the river exist anymore? Where am I? Have I lost myself and my identity in chasing one of my dreams? What am I going to become? How do I redeem myself from this world and go back to my dream world? Lots of thoughts whooshed through my mind.
 
I was awakened from my dream by the rain which forced me to run for cover. Torrential rain lasted for almost an hour and obscured the visibility completely. The sea was no more visible. Oh.. this is the redemption of the river. Yes, the rain gods are showering in the mountains on which the river is reborn. I felt happy about it. The river is not lost anymore. In the almighty's scheme of things, some things are elusive.
 
I felt light. I did not feel like I was lost. I learnt a lesson here. I just need to have sound goals and dreams and chase them with conscious effort. Life is never boring again...

18 comments:

Just To Read said...

Excellent imagination… Yes we need to set our goals aswell have dream in our life. Man can’t live always with reality. Dreams are the inspiration for goals.

Srividhya said...

It is a great imagination.Sometimes our world of dreams turns out more colourful and wonderful than our life in reality. This world can never be stolen from us.How I wish i could understand the original kannada poetic verses mentioned by you! Though translation helps, the originality of the poetry does get lost to a certain extent!

Vishwanath.N said...

Wonderful Imagination & what a co-incidence of thoughts (a poem to the sight to the vision). Innu barali Shashi...

Anonymous said...

Nice writing sir.. inspires a lot

Vinod said...

Good explanation..very nice

Anonymous said...

It also conveys an intense longing to see or meet your long-lost loved ones.

Unknown said...

Wonderful, I can't say it's a translation, it's a wonderful narration which eventually come out while reading this awesome poems. Never lost interest in reading this poem. After reading this post it made me i'm not wrong !

Unknown said...

It's awesome with Grt explanation,Sometimess our world of dreams turns out more colourful nd wonderful thn our lfy in reality...really it's amazing kaanada kadalige hambaliside manaaaaaa

Anonymous said...

Thanks .Was looking for some connection :)

Uday said...

Wonderfully written brother. You could become a great writer

Vinod said...

Fantastic Narration my friend.... I have this song as my caller tune and totally carried away with the song and narration. Lot of ppl when call... ask me what's the meaning of this song... i just copy and paste your narration as is :)....

Unknown said...

I think it's about ksira sagara ( milk ocean) where the god reside.
My mind says that can I go to him(god)
Can I see him once.

Anonymous said...

Oh wow that last paragraph is beautiful!

Anonymous said...

Super now I got the meaning

Unknown said...

Beautiful ! Thank you!!

Vaishakh Nargund said...

Wonderful coverage of philosophical thought of SUCCESS!!

Anonymous said...

Excellent!!! Thank you! You added optimism to the poem's explanation otherwise kind of drags you deeper into the hole

Rekha said...

Very nice