C.P. Ravikumar writes in Kannada, English and Hindi. His Kannada poems have been published in popular Kannada periodicals such as Prajavani, Mayura, Kannada Prabha, Gandhi Bazar. He has translated stories, poems, and plays from English to Kannada, Kannada to English, Hindi to Kannada, and Hindi to English. He maintains four blogs of his writings.
http: //cp-ravikumar-kannadapoems2english.blogspot.com/
http: //cp-ravikumar-english.blogspot.com/
http: //cpravikumar-hindi.blogspot.com/
http: //cpravikumar-kannada.blogspot.com/
He lives in Bangalore.
The song of a bird
Kannada Poem by G.S. Shivarudrappa
English Translation by C.P. Ravikumar
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He throws open the doors
Of the house in the East
And begins his daily chore -
Melting pearls in a crucible
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Bent is a cane of sugar
But O connoisseur tell me,
Does its juice seem bent to you?
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