Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Harbour View



Rise, brothers, rise, the wakening skies pray
to the morning light,
The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn
like a child that has cried all night.
Come, let us gather our nets from the shore,
and set our catamarans free,
To capture the leaping wealth of the tide, for
we are the sons of the sea.




No longer delay, let us hasten away in the
track of the sea-gull's call,
The sea is our mother, the cloud is our brother,
the waves are our comrades all.
What though we toss at the fall of the sun
where the hand of the sea-god drives?
He who holds the storm by the hair, will hide
in his breast our lives.




Sweet is the shade of the cocoanut glade, and
the scent of the mango grove,
And sweet are the sands at the full o' the
moon with the sound of the voices we love.
But sweeter, O brothers, the kiss of the spray
and the dance of the wild foam's glee:
Row, brothers, row to the blue of the verge,
where the low sky mates with the sea.

- Coromandel Fishers by Sarojini Naidu
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12 comments:

ശ്രീനാഥ്‌ | അഹം said...

I like the second shot!

Kichu $ Chinnu | കിച്ചു $ ചിന്നു said...

1st one is amazing

bindu said...

What a lovely poem! Good pictures to go with the words ...

പാഞ്ചാലി said...

Good work & right selection of poem!
(I too like the second pic.)

Mel said...

Lovely light and shadow contrast.
Amazing shots and colourful words, great post!

aneeshans said...

Sekhar 1st shot is excellent.if u can do some color corrections out put will be more good.

Unknown said...

Beautiful series depicting the early morning rush at our harbour. Very well done

Mana said...

Nice pics but under-exposed. Try editing using picasa or lightroom.

Lovely poem.

Barbara Martin said...

Exquisite poem with wonderful photos to accompany it. Thanks for sharing this.

Sekhar said...

Thanks Sree, Kichu & Chinnu, Bindu, Panchali, Mel, Aneesh, T&S, Manasa, and Barbara for your views :)

Aneesh, and Manasa, Thanks for the advice.

ശ്രീ said...

ഇതും ജീവിതം തന്നെ.

pRiyA said...

as always, all your pictures are terrific!

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