Sunday, April 30, 2006

INDIAN WEAVERS

Weavers, weaving at break of day,
Why do you weave a garment so gay?...
Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,
We weave the robes of a new-born child.

Weavers, weaving at fall of night,
Why do you weave a garment so bright?...
Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green,
We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.

Weavers, weaving solemn and still,
What do you weave in the moonlight chill?...
White as a feather and white as a cloud,
We weave a dead man's funeral shroud.

--Sarojini Naidu

1 comment:

Rama Deepthi Muddu said...

hmmm reminds me of my school days.. read it long back... i jus saw ur new blog.. u already posted so many of them.. i am late.!!