Gurajada Apparao

“ Verily this is the garden of the gods, and gods
And sages love to roam here.
Everywhere the eye meets expanses of green grass. Birds sing sweetly
from every bush. The pine odours fill the air. Lovely drives sweep round limpid lakes.
In the masses of clouds that love to haunt the gardens on the hill
slopes, fish-eyed damsels flit about like lightnings.
Wheels that speed under tread, cars that mock the powers of magic,
and swift horses that race, move along in beauty. ”

“ Worship the Lord of Uma on the Blue Hills and you acquire merit a thousandfold.
White clouds envelop the peals and make moonlight-and gods take the Blue Hills for, the silver mountains and crowd with enthusiasm. ”

“ Why should one seek in a word stability which one misses in Life? Women are to blame who turn thralls to words and ways that are not of the man.
(She) : You said I had no equal. I now realise the truth of it. Where will one find another woman like me who trusted and suffered!
(He) : How has compassion left the breast of a great one like you? Come to me but once and I will buy even your false word for a crore of gold.
(We supplied the words He and She for clarity. Eds.)
Is there no Magic?
Is there no magic that will transform you into a woman? ”