ABOUT THE POEM:
This is a translated version of a heart-wrenching poem STEADY AS A ROCK from Tamil literature. The poem is about what the girl told her friend about the lover’s strict resolve and conviction in accomplishing his goal and her foolish anxiety over his safety.
STEADY AS A ROCK
He belongs to the land
where among the precarious slopes
the sprightly mountain goat
slurps mother’s milk to its heart’s content
frolics on the obscure slanting slope.
He is pretty much as firm as a stone
Obliviously I worried about him
Perpetually.
(what the girl told her friend about the lover’s strict resolve and conviction in accomplishing his goal and her foolish anxiety over his safety)
