The pain of clinging cuts so deep,Grief burns like an endless fire.O Bhagavan!Alas… Rama! If we are born, we must depart,There is no cure for death’s return.If we had never come—how peaceful that would be.So the Blessed One has taught:Speak gently of the dead,Praise their virtues, let faults be forgotten.Why think beyond this truth?My weary…
They say my lover was found as an infant,abandoned in a forest of roses.Yet even now he runs from the smallest spider,afraid to walk alone when night descends.On the street he moves with girlish airs. My lover—my delicate lover—ah, bastard! my lover. A matchmaker brought him to me,from a village far away,from a family proud…
Hear me, Ajjuna… hear me, Pajjuna,When you journey toward Thiriya, seek news of my eldest son.The spies have whispered—he prays by the river’s edge. Anuradhapura burns beneath the hand of our foes,so our kin in Kaduruwela know nothing of his fate.Do not let him know my heart still searches.Discover his needs in silence, and ease…
In the little world of my childhood days,There were kites, and kites, and kites alone.In the little world where you once grew,Life was adorned with earrings, bangles, necklaces, and charms. The spinning globe turned on without our knowing,And time quietly slipped away.Before we ever realized it,We drifted apart and slowly became adults. In my world,…
She gazes beneath her dark, arched brows,She pours nectar into a silver chalice.She is the Princess of Madda,Wearing a simple necklace of clay beads—And yet her beauty shines brighter than gold. She is the Princess of Madda—Who seizes the eyes, who stirs the heart,Who makes the spirit restless,Who fills the soul with joy. Princess of…