Poems from less known Telugu kavyās: 1

Like flashes of lighting riches come and go …

tolakari merupuMdīvala
vale galumuli nimusamuna vaccuMbōvuM
jelikaaDa! vānidiramani
talachuTakannanu veDaMgudanamunnadiyē!
(*Jayanthi Bhavanarayana’s ‘kaLāvati pariNayamu#)

కం. తొలకరిమెఱుపుందీవల
      వలెఁగలుములు నిముసమున వచ్చుంబోవుం
      జెలికాడ! వానిఁదిరమని
      తలఁచుటకన్నను వెడంగుఁదనమన్నదియే!
(జయంతి భావనారాయణ, కళావతి పరిణయము, ప్రథమాశ్వాసం, 152)

Like the season-first flashes of lightning that come and go
in an instant, riches in good quantity come now and go
in another minute, O friend! there is no greater foolishness
than thinking them as assets that remain permanent with us!

[*] Not much is known about this writer except that he worked as Telugu pundit, in a School in Cocanada (now Kakinada) during the last decade of 19th century and first decade of 29th century.
[#] This is an incomplete work, but a popular work, the third edition of which was published in 1907. As per the note on the cover pager of the book, the long poem is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s story “Cymbaline” but contained only first two acts.