“Night shall awake to the anthem of the stars”

उदेष्यति निशा गीतैस्तारकाणां नभोङ्गणे

English Poem by R. Y. Deshpande

Rendered into Sanskrit by Madhav Deshpande

 

Give me the darkmost night

And I will count each star,

On each left of the Right

Witness wonders that are;

देहि मे तामसीं रात्रिं तारका गणयाम्यहम् ।

इतस्तत: सर्वतस्ता: प्रसृता विस्मयावहा: ।।

 

There is under each height

A pit holding a jewelled jar,

All to marvelling sight

Is depth of the strange far;

उच्चैर्निगूढा: खनयो बिभ्रत्यो रत्नसञ्चयान् ।

किमेतन्नेत्रनिर्वाणं गभीरं दूरमद्भुतम् ।।

 

A shadow of the bright

Surges to cross time’s bar,

An adventurous might

Brings fames of the afar;

भिन्दती कालमर्यादां छायेयं तेजस: शुभा ।

यशोधारां महाशूरा दूरादानयति प्रभा ।।

 

From the realm of truth-light

That has no falsehood’s scar

Come the joys of delight

Riding a speedy car.

सत्यस्य ज्योतिषो लोकाद्यत्र पापं न लेशत: ।

आनन्दोऽयं समायाति रथमारुह्य वेगत: ।। 

 

Not for nothing was night

And richness comes from far,

Each great with spirit’s light

Preserved hopes to unbar.

न निष्प्रयोजना रात्रिर्दूरादायाति भास्वरा ।

आत्मदीप्तिसमुल्लासानन्तामाशां बिभर्ति सा ।।

 

RY Deshpande

2 June 2019

Sanskrit Rendering by

Madhav Deshpande

June 4, 2019