O, brother, immature,
don’t sling dust and mud,
for you can never pick
those flowers, sky-bound,
by slinging mud and dust.
They stand above mud,
and dust will fling down
and dirt your own face.
They are true lovers,
whose hearts, flooded with love,
wash the dirt of their feet.
Pick those flowers with a stick
and place them at their feet.
But never sling mud
for dust will fling back
and dirt your own face.
Flowers kept at an altar
spread pleasant fragrance,
but bees that roam around,
never rock them
seeking dark honey.
So, never sling mud
for dust will fling back
and dirt your own face.
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උන් සැබෑ පෙම්වතුන්
අහස දෙසට නැමි මල්
මල්ලියේ,
බිම දමන්න බෑ
දැළි, දූළි දමා ගසමින්
ඒ දූළි හඹා විත්
උඹෙ මුහුණ සිපගනී.
උන් සැබෑ පෙම්වතුන්
සිත පෙමින් පිරුණු
ගත සිතින් තැවුණු
පුදාපන් නටුවෙන් කැඩූ
ඒ මල් වළින්.
දැළි, දූළි දමා නොගසන්.
ඒ දූළි හඹා විත්
උඹෙ මුහුණ සිපගනී.
පුදසුනේ පිදුනු මල්
සුවඳ දුන් නමුත්
දුටුවේද සළෙළු බමරුන්
නටනු වඳුරු වන්නම්?
දැළි, දූළි දමා නොගසන්.
ඒ දූළි හඹා විත්
උඹෙ මුහුණ සිපගනී.
Copyright © September 6, 2019, Newton Ranaweera
This is beautifully written, Newton! 🙂
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Thank you so much, Punam!! This is about Yasodhara and Siddhartaha: two true lovers. 🙂
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Thank you for sharing this information…it adds to the beauty of your verse! You are welcome. 🙂
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Beautiful lines👍
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Thank you, Michael, for your great comment!! 🙂
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Beautiful
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Thank you so much!! 🙂
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You’re welcome 😇
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Lovely lines- They are true lovers, whose hearts, flooded with love, wash the dirt of their feet. Pick those flowers with a stick and place them at their feet.🌹
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Thank you so much, Atul, for this amazingly great comment!! 🙂
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My pleasure! Ideally the credit goes to your amazingly great post 👍🌹🌹🌹
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Thank you again, and you are greatly welcome!! 🙂
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I love the way you have that repeated section which conveys such an important reminder to us all!
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Thank you so much, mydangblog, for this remarkably great comment!! 🙂
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Terrific piece. It brought so much vivid imagry to my mind. I love it!
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Thank you, Michelle, for this great comment!! 🙂 I really love your comment!
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You’re quite welcome 😀
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Beautiful
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Thank you so much!!
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Gorgeous imagery and philosophically profound, Newton. I love the idea of Karma. If you do good things you will receive good things, but if you act in an evil manner towards the flowers and towards any living creature, this evil will come to you as well as with the dust that will “dirt your own face.” As usual, I love that you have included the two languages.
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Thank you so much, Marta, for this beautiful comment!! 🙂
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You are always welcome, Newton.
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