The poem 'Heaven if you are not on earth', originally written by Kuvempu in Kannada has been translated by C. Naganna. The entire poem is divided into 3 stanzas and the first two lines appear to be distinct. The poet feels that heaven cannot be anywhere else except on earth because it is believed that heaven is supposed to be on a higher field far away from earth & it is only the blessed who can reach them. Added to it, nobody who has visited heaven has come back to report the nature of it and it remains a mystery. That is the main reason people are advised to do good to reach heaven. The poet feels that heaven cannot be anywhere else other than on earth. He continues with the same idea & further feels that if we cannot be gods, then there can be no gods & the same with heavenly nymphs (Angles). He expresses this idea with a strong belief that human beings are a combination of divine and demonly qualities & the moment the divine qualities excel; he turns to be almost to an angel. A beautiful description of nature is presented. A river or stream rushes fast & reaches the sea & loses its identity & the waves roll back as surf onto the shore. The sunshine is quite tender & acceptable to nature and this sunshine is spread throughout the green garden. When we see a combination of these beautifully working in nature, it is equated to heaven. The poet tries to describe the joy of good harvest as experienced by the farmers and when it is night, the presence of the moon further tries to create a heavenly atmosphere and this beautiful nature as experienced by the poet is converted into words and written in the form of a lyric or a poem and this creature of literature is bound to create heaven on earth and in this circumstance, the poet who creates heaven through his poetry or song.
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The poem 'Heaven if you are not on earth', originally written by Kuvempu in Kannada has been translated by C. Naganna. The entire poem is divided into 3 stanzas and the first two lines appear to be distinct. The poet feels that heaven cannot be anywhere else except on earth because it is believed that heaven is supposed to be on a higher field far away from earth & it is only the blessed who can reach them. Added to it, nobody who has visited heaven has come back to report the nature of it and it remains a mystery. That is the main reason people are advised to do good to reach heaven. The poet feels that heaven cannot be anywhere else other than on earth. He continues with the same idea & further feels that if we cannot be gods, then there can be no gods & the same with heavenly nymphs (Angles). He expresses this idea with a strong belief that human beings are a combination of divine and demonly qualities & the moment the divine qualities excel; he turns to be almost to an angel. A beautiful description of nature is presented. A river or stream rushes fast & reaches the sea & loses its identity & the waves roll back as surf onto the shore. The sunshine is quite tender & acceptable to nature and this sunshine is spread throughout the green garden. When we see a combination of these beautifully working in nature, it is equated to heaven. The poet tries to describe the joy of good harvest as experienced by the farmers and when it is night, the presence of the moon further tries to create a heavenly atmosphere and this beautiful nature as experienced by the poet is converted into words and written in the form of a lyric or a poem and this creature of literature is bound to create heaven on earth and in this circumstance, the poet who creates heaven through his poetry or song.