ABOUT THE POEM
This is a translated version of an outstanding poem BEAUTY AND THE BEAST from Tamil literature. It is an enthusiastic proclamation of a boy about his Lady Love whom he met on a hillock. He says proudly that he was subdued by the gracefulness of her demeanor and hence confesses a complete transformation of his personality.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
She is the darling daughter of a hillman
hailing from the hill folk’s hamlet
amidst the tall mountains
where an unadulterated white cascade
tumbles down the slopes
fumbles through the crannies
I encountered thee in the ravines
abundantly rich with blossoms - -
a pretty young maid
with wide shoulders.
The water of her gentility
has quelled the fire
of my masculinity
