Seasons by Narayanan

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Haiku about each Indian season
by Narayanan Raghunathan


~ Grishma ~


grishma madhyaanam
salile surya mukham
hamsena saha
[ Sanskrit ]

summer noon
on the waters, sun's face
with a swan



~ Varsha ~


varsha ritu
muni: mowna dhyaane
poornam abishekam
[ Sanskrit ]


rainy day
the muni in silent dhyaana
completely laved ~



edavapaathi
varna kudakal kaattil
oru poo-kkadal pol
[ Malayalam ]


middle of edavam ~
colured umbrellas in air
an ocean of flowers


middle of edavam [name of a month in Malayalam calender around June] is the beginning of a rainy season [ SW monsoon ]


pona varsham thannikku
panjam ~ intha varsham
thannikadiyele kudil
[ Tamizh ]

last year scarcity
of water ~ this year my
hut is under water



~ Sharad ~



sharad prapancham
vidoora megha sandesham
kokila gaanam
[ Sanskrit ]

autumn universe
distant cloud messages
birds' songs




~ Hemant ~



maarhazhi thingal
aattam karayelendu
kilungara valaihal
[ Tamizh ]

maarhazhi monday ~
from the river banks
tingling bangles



kulir thennalil
kuil paattu ~ kaalai neeraada
pohum pen'manigal
[Tamizh ]

in the cool breeze
kuil's song~ women going to
bathe in the morning



I click my camera
on the Kedar mountains ~
ganja fragrance



~ Shishir ~


valley of flowers
rests under ice, freshly to
awaken again



~ Vasant (Basant) ~

basant raag
bansuri me ~ mere saath
ek thithli bhi
[ Hindi ]

basant raag
on the flute ~ with me
a butterfly too


"Basant" is spring and the name of a well known Hindusthani Raaga invoking spring.
The Karnaatik Raaga Vasantha is a different Raagam.




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