Mehajabeen's Poetry
mehajabeen kavitalu 

These poems were posted on telusA by Dr. Jampala V. Chowdary
in Dec 1997. For a discussion of these poems please 
see the telusA archives for that period. Here's what 
Dr. Jampala said in introduction of these poems:

Recently, Sri Kalasapudi Sreenivaasa Rao sent me aakuraalu_kaalam,
an anthology of poetry by mahejabeen, one of the exciting new poetic
voices in Telugu. Several of the kavitas in this volume with their unique
blend of romanticism, sensitivity, social consciousness, modernity of
thought and inventive use of language have impressed me immensely. I will
post a couple of her poems here as a sample, as sort of a holiday gift.

Incidentally, from a production point of view, I think that this is one of 
the best produced Telugu poetry books. A breath taking oil-color painting 
by "sooryaprakaash" adorns the cover in full color; large type, lack of typos, 
plenty of white space and attractive layout enhanced the reading  pleasure. 
Copies of the book can be had from 

		pratyaamnaaya pracuraNalu, 
		12-2-709/c/8, Karolbagh Road, 
		Padmanaabha nagar,
		Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad-28. 
		Ph: 3515470; price: Rs.50. 
 
... I would like to post more (poems), but I do not want to cheat the 
publisher and writer out of a well earned buck. For those that want more of 
mahejabeen's poetry the publisher's address is .... Please do not forget to 
add shipping charges.


atani samakshaMloe

sariggaa appuDae
kavitveekaristunna kshaNaalloe
atanu muddu peTTukuMTaaDu

atani aDugula savvaDiloe
Chandassu vetukkuMToo
nEnu alavoakagaa kaLLu moosukuMTaanu

oka yavvanaM
naa meedugaa uppoMgipoatuMdi
spashTaMgaa roopu diddukunna
aspashTa bhaavanalu
vokkasaarigaa spRuha tappipOtaayi
naa kavi samayaM daaruNaMgaa 
kollagoTTabaDutuMdi

oka anaacChaadita prEma
naa nagna faalaanni sparSistuMdi
oka sparSa naa kaLLaloe munigi
chekkili meeda kavviMpugaa merustuMdi
meDavaMpu loayalaloe vaali
oka choopu 
paMcha chaamaramai veestuMdi

aksharaalanu vodili kavitvaM
mammalni penavaesukuMTuMdi

aMgeekaaraMtoe pedavulu
praemakaavyaanni aavishkarinchukuMTaayi

(aaMdhrajyOti #daily, June 1, 1992#)

aakuraalu_kaalaM

ataneppuDoo aMtae
oMTarigaa rammaMTE vasaMtaanni veMTa testaaDu

aarubayaTa aakula niSSabdaMloe
cheTlu kavaatu chaestunnaayi
aa selayaeTi neeLLalloe
aakaaSa chitraM ghaneebhaviMchiMdi
chukkalu karigi raalutunna dRUSyaM
leelagaa gurtuMdi

vaddu...
naaku vennelaa vaddu, punnamee vaddu
sooryuDokkaDu chaalu

atani nireekshaNaloe ee nallani raatri alaa gaDavanee...

ataneppuDoo aMtae
vastoo vastoo paaTalni veMTa testaaDu

atani samakshaMloe
pOgoTTukunna baalyaM tirigi pravahistuMdi
SareeraM anubhavaala paaThaSaala avutuMdi
nEnu atani guMDelloe daakkuni paDukuMTaanu
jhaamuraatri
nirdaakshiNyaMgaa nannu laepi
maMjeeranaadaalni tooTaalu veMTaaDina vainaM chebutaaDu
appuDu
bhayaMgaa atanni naa guMDeloe daachukuMTaanu

atanippuDu laeDu
ee madhya ardhaaMtaraMgaa vaccina
aaku raalE kaalaaniki ekkaDa raalipaDDaaDoe?

(aaMdhrajyOti #daily, July 26, 1992#)

j~naapakaM

toli poddu ceekaTloe
vaal poasTarlu atikiMci vacci
nuvvu talupu meeTina j~naapakaM

talupu terici nee nudiTi meeda
udyamaaniki paTTina cemaTanu
ceerakoMgutoe addina j~naapakaM
appuDae paiTa jaarina j~naapakaM
paiTa meeda nee vecchani j~naapakaM

tolijhaamu veluturuloe 
kODi paaDE prabhaata geetaanni viMToo
manaM oopiritoe calikaachukunna j~naapakaM
kanureppalu penavaesukuMTunna

toli niSSabda nimishaanni bhagnaM caestoo
vaaLLu talupu koTTina j~naapakaM
nuvvu en^kouMTar voe, laakap voe
teliyani saMdigdha j~naapakaM
raavani maatraM telisina caedu j~naapakaM

toli saMdhya kaaMtiloe
nee vartamaanaanni mOstoo
naenu gaDapa daaTina j~naapakaM

(aaMdhrajyOti #daily, December 15, 1991#)

muMdu jaagratta carya

ee saMbaMdhaannilaagae
konasaagiMcaalanukuMTunnaanu

agni saakshigaa tappa
aakaaSaM saakshigaa
bhoomi saakshigaa
sapta samudraala saakshigaa
Rutuvula saakshigaa
paMchami saakshigaa
amaavaasya saakshigaa
aa cheTTu kiMda
maeM kalisi paDukunnaaM

ee saritaaraNyamaMtaa
kalisi tirigaaM

dooraanni raddu chaesukuMToo
veLLinaaka

migilina aakhari saameepyaMloe
atanu..naenu

kaasaepu mounaM paraamarSistuMdi
choopulu vaLLaMtaa karachaalanaM chaestaayi

atani muMdu naeneppuDoo
alarT^gaanae vuMTaanu
"muMdu jaagratta charya"gaa
maaTalloe seeriyas^nes^
tecchi peTTukuMTaanu
mukhaM bhaavarahita
maidaanamavutuMdi
kaLLu "kanipistae kaalchivaeta"ku
siddhaMgaa vuMTaayi
ayinaa ekkaDoe
porapaaTu jarugutuMdi
sammOhanaMgaa oka chirunavvu
nannu daaTuku veLtuMdi

(aaMdhrajyOti #daily, February 21, 1993#)

amma kaLLu

jeevita saMbaMdhaM tegipOyaaka
baMdhaalannee baMdhanaalae

kalala Saaluva kappukoni
naannatoe aeDaDugulu naDacinappuDu
ammakaLLu svapna nikshaepaalu

chekkiLLaloe valapu vasaMtaalu paMDiMchi
doesiLLatoe amRtaanni vaDDiMchae
ammakaLLU pikaasoe varNachitraalu

moggalu vicchukunae
rahasyaanni choosina arudaina kshaNaallaa
ammakaLLu adbhutavalayaalu

ippuDu
amma chuTToo aaMkshala saMkeLLu
mounaM aame sahavaasi

vaMTiMTiki jeevitaanni aMkitaM icchina vaeLa
pogabaarina
ammakaLLu adhivaastavika roopaalu

naalugu goaDala madhya
sajeeva samaadhi ayinappuDu
ammakaLLu niSSabda jalapaataalu

aksharaalu telisina amma
nirdaakshiNyaMgaa gaayapaDinappuDu
ammakaLLu bhaashakaMdani bhaavaalu

(AMdhraprabha #daily September 13, 1993#)

chinnatalli

telavaaraka muMdae
chaMdra parishvaMgaM nuMci
avani iMkaa taerukoakamuMdE
aakaaSaM jaaraviDicina raatri Chaayalu
okkokkaTigaa adRSyamoutuMTae
cheekaTi daarula veMTa
nakshatraalu lekkapeTTukuMToo
aa pilla
naa iMTi talupu taTtuMdi

nannu ae panee chaeyanivvadu
naakaemee teliyadaMToo

tana pasitanaanni naakicchi
naa peddarikaanni mOstuMdi
paalukaarae baalyaM meeda
naa cheeraa jaakeTTu vaesukuni
illaMtaa tirugutuMdi
naa iMTloe sukhaala tivaachee
parustuMdi
maa amma haThaattugaa chinnadainaTTu
anipistuMdi

panipilla oka aMgaaradhaarika

(AMdhrajyoti #daily February 13, 1994#)

sarihaddu raekhalu

akkaDa
jeevitaM gaayaparichina pakshulannee
paedarikaM mooTagaTTukuni vaaltaayi
baadhalu gaadhalu samaanatvaM paaTistaayi
pedaalu moogavoatae kanneeLLu maaTlaaDataayi
batuku koasam paaDae aekagreeva jaavaLeeloe
jaarchina koMgulu, parchina paiTalu
naepathya saMgeetamai bhaasillutaayi
yavvaneekarinchina baalyaM
vikasistoo chaesae chappuLLaku moggalu
vihvalaMgaa raaltaayi

kalalu tagalabaDutunna dRSyaM
daaruNaMgaa guMDenu  taakutuMdi

ammukunae pravaaha sukhaala madhya
iMkipoayae oMTari kanneeTi chukkalu
samaajaaniki savaal visurutaayi

akkaDa taraala vilaasaala charitra
migilchina saaMghika avaSaeshaalu
manalni talettukoaneekuMDaa chaestaayi
"mehaMdee" Sithila Sakalaalu
sarihaddu raekhalni geestaayi

(aaMdhrajyOti #daily, January 30, 1992#)

naisargika svaroopaM

kaalaDaM khaayamani telisaaka
okae okkasaari sooryuNNi
kowgiliMcukoavaalanuMdi

chinnappaTi nunchee aMtae
nishiddhaM meedae naa guri

sarihaddulannee cheripaesukunnaaka
aakaaSaM okkaTae naaku haddayiMdi

neeli samudraala alala paradaalu terichi
taraMgaalaloe svaecChanu adhyayanaM chaesaanu

pravaahaaniki edureLLI, saagara
sarihaddulloe jarigae keraTaala
yuddhaMtoe chaetulu kalipaanu

urimae maeghaalaloani
rasaayanika padaarthaanni tecci
naa daeSa prajala svarapaeTikalaku raayaali

ee nirantaraan&vaeshaNaloe
eppuDoe okasaari aakaaSaanni
soMtaM chaesukoni
naa svapnaalu challukuMTaanu

        (udayaM #daily, August 23, 1993#)