Feminist Poem (9), May be not! - From Jayaprabha

Rao Veluri (rveluri@smtpgate.anl.gov)
Tue, 29 Oct 96 11:48:07 CST 

     
     
     Here is a poem, entitled ' vaaDu dEvuDi rakshaNalO vuMTaaDu,'
     from the 1991 collection "ikkaDa kurisina varshaM ekkaDi
     mEghaanidi?" by Jayaprabha. 
     
                vaaDu dEvuDi rakshaNalO vuMTaaDu
     
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     vaaDu
     kaLala guriMci
     praaceena tatvaala guriMci
     sidhilaa vasEshaala guriMci
     vasaMta Rtugaanaala guriMci
     anargaLaMgaa vaagutaaDu
     taaru roDDu meeda 
     addaM meeda aava giMjalaa
     kaaru jaari pOtunnappuDu
     vaaDi kannee "vunnatamaina" voohalE vastoo vuMTaayi
     buradaMTE vaaDiki ishTaM vuMDadu
     adi okaanoka kaLalO bhaagamaitE tappa
     
     cekku raasi
     prapaMcaMlOni jeeva saaraannaMtaa
     peelcEya gala vaaDiki
     manishi kannaa kukkalakee
     manishikannaa
     maralakee 
     viluvakaTTaDaM baagaa telusu
     asamaanatvaanni aakali nEraalnee
     caliki caccE anaadhalnee kooDaa
     vaaDu aMdamgaanE cooDa galaDu
     avasaramaitE
     nalla cirutani bujjagiMci
     tella giraaphee tO kalipi
     yugaLa geetaM paaDiM cEyagalaDu
     
     varga saMgharshaNaloo ... aMTraani tanaaloo
     vaaDi Dikshanaree lO bootu maaTala kramaM lO 
     yerragaa raayabaDi vuMTaayi
     
     vaaDu tellagaa puraaNaallO dEvatallaa
     daurjanyaMtO perigi pOtuMTaaDu
     naMgigaa vinayaMgaa coopiMcE vaLLuMTE
     vaaDu boora virucuko tirugutaaDu
     kOralatO vETaaDi caMpaTaM vaaDiki saradaa!
     yenni kOTla hatyalu cEsinaa
     vaaDu dEvuDi rakshaNalO
     surakshitaM gaa vuMTaaDu!
     
     tana guriMci marevaroo vaasana paTTakuMDaa
     vuMDaTaanikE
     vaaDu kaLala guriMci
     maMcitanaM guriMci
     aadhyatmikatvaM guriMci
     mataM guriMci
     maanavatvaM guriMci
     prapaMca SaaMti guriMci
     pravacistoo vuMTaaDu!
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     I understand that the poem exposes the trasparent
     hypocrisy of the "haves" at the "have-nots!"
     
     Regards.
     
     --Venkateswara Rao Veluri