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In Ancient Kotmale by Unknown poet — Poem, Translation & Meaning
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In Ancient Kotmale
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In
Ancient
Kotmale
In Ancient Kotmale
by
Lakdasa
Wikkramasinha
In
the
beautiful
principality
,
in
Kotmale
In the beautiful principality, in Kotmale
I
will
build
my
house
of
the
good
soil’s
brick
I will build my house of the good soil’s brick
With
the
timber
of
the
ringing
forests
,
With the timber of the ringing forests,
And
I
will
cover
it
with
the
tiles
flat
,
And I will cover it with the tiles flat,
One
on
one
,
as
the
palms
of
the
farmers
–
One on one, as the palms of the farmers –
And
in
the
morning
will
I
see
And in the morning will I see
The
sun
wounded
as
my
heart
with
a
million
arrows
,
The sun wounded as my heart with a million arrows,
Rise
between
the
mountain
ranges
Rise between the mountain ranges
And
spread
in
the
green
valley
its
golden
blood
.
And spread in the green valley its golden blood.
And
I
will
go
into
the
fields
in
the
seasons
–
And I will go into the fields in the seasons –
I
will
sow
the
grain
,
a
stream
between
my
hands
,
I will sow the grain, a stream between my hands,
I
will
cast
the
grain
in
falling
nets
,
I will cast the grain in falling nets,
And
it
will
stream
up
round
the
calves
of
maidens
And it will stream up round the calves of maidens
From
the
viridian
fire
of
that
clay
.
From the viridian fire of that clay.
And
in
the
kilns
of
my
sun-wed
fields
,
And in the kilns of my sun-wed fields,
And
under
the
haven
of
passing
clouds
And under the haven of passing clouds
As
I
repose
,
in
those
almost
everlasting
days
,
As I repose, in those almost everlasting days,
In
the
time
ordained
,
in
green
calendars
In the time ordained, in green calendars
Will
come
my
yearned
harvest
.
Will come my yearned harvest.
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