THE HAND OF PROTECTION (Abhaya Hastham)

 

             

                               

                                              

        

       Like an upright deep-struck harpoon

      On the body of a whale, I stand;

      Like the fiery sun belching fire, I will slash

      And fight against injustice.

      While the ground under our feet glides away

      While the heart, like a snow-ball melts away

      While tears trickle down to form an ocean

      I will generate power out of it.

      And infuse it to into the nerves of all;

      Though the dreamy castle burns down

      I will sprout another one;

      Though I fall off into a whirlpool

      I will rise again as a wave;

      I will become a flash sword of light

      To tear open and rip the womb of gloom;

      I will become the mighty Indra’s weapon

     To crush the ever-growing hill of corruption

     I will pave a new way; I will write a new lay;

     I will open the unopened door

     I will show the unseen shore;

     I will cut off Fear’s head

     And chop it into pieces that lurks

     Behind the narrow nooks of man’s mind;

     I will raise my hand of protection to all mankind.

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         26th November 2024                 Somaseshu Gutala

         Note: Indra--- Lord of Heaven

                  Lay ------song

Telugu Original:A. Surya Prakash

Translated by : G.Somaseshu