This page features a video of the poem “To a Pair Of Sarus Cranes”, prescribed under the Karnataka State Syllabus for 10th Standard English First Language. Along with its summary in three languages and transliterated songs. It serves as a valuable learning resource for students and parents, with each song accompanied by its respective lyrics for easy sing-along. The synchronized lyrics help learners follow and recite the song as it progresses, making memorization and learning by heart easier, more effective, and enjoyable.
Lyrics
English
The male was shot
as he necked
to pull the reluctant sun out
from the rim of horizon.
She flew crying
as he was picked up hands and jaws
and a proud neck was humbled
to lie like dirty linen
in a coarse washing bag.
She circled the sky
in movements of grace
over his disgraceful end.
The killers went away and she returned
to the death’s scene
with grief that inscribed its intensity
in dots and pits
like the Morse code of bird’s sorrow
transmitted to the air.
With her beak she kissed a few feathers
picked the ones that wind had not taken away
and sat to hatch
the blood stained feathers
into a toddling chick.
A wave of the seas she had never seen
came to her from far away
and carried her to him.
She went away beyond Hume’s words,
beyond the legends and fables of human love.
as he necked
to pull the reluctant sun out
from the rim of horizon.
She flew crying
as he was picked up hands and jaws
and a proud neck was humbled
to lie like dirty linen
in a coarse washing bag.
She circled the sky
in movements of grace
over his disgraceful end.
The killers went away and she returned
to the death’s scene
with grief that inscribed its intensity
in dots and pits
like the Morse code of bird’s sorrow
transmitted to the air.
With her beak she kissed a few feathers
picked the ones that wind had not taken away
and sat to hatch
the blood stained feathers
into a toddling chick.
A wave of the seas she had never seen
came to her from far away
and carried her to him.
She went away beyond Hume’s words,
beyond the legends and fables of human love.
Summary
ಈ ಕವಿತೆಯು ತನ್ನ ಸಂಗಾತಿಯನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊಂಡ ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಹಕ್ಕಿಯ ಅಪಾರ ದುಃಖ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಷ್ಠೆಯನ್ನು ಚಿತ್ರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಗಂಡು ಹಕ್ಕಿಯನ್ನು ಬೇಟೆಗಾರರು ಕೊಂದ ನಂತರ ಅವಳು ದುಃಖದಿಂದ ಆಕಾಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುತ್ತುತ್ತಾ ಮರಣದ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ಮರಳುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಗಾಳಿಯಿಂದ ಉಳಿದ ಕೆಲವು ರಕ್ತದ ಕಲೆ ತಗುಲಿದ ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಅವಳು ತನ್ನ ಚಂಚುವಿನಿಂದ ಎತ್ತಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ನಂತರ ಅವಳು ಅವುಗಳ ಬಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತು, ತನ್ನ ಕಳೆದುಹೋದ ಸಂಗಾತಿಯ ನೆನಪನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಂತೆ ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಅವಳ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಮತ್ತು ದುಃಖ ಮಾನವರು ಹೇಳಿರುವ ಪ್ರೀತಿ, ಪುರಾಣ ಮತ್ತು ಕಥೆಗಳ ಎಲ್ಲ ಮಿತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮೀರುತ್ತವೆ ಎಂಬುದು ಕವಿತೆಯ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಭಾವವಾಗಿದೆ.
Author
Manmohan Singh