Heaven if you are not on Earth (1)

'Heaven if you are not on Earth' is a poem in translation where Kannada’s national poet Kuvempu highlights nature and describes how human beings with their behavior might try to reach divinity.

The poet in an extraordinary way tries to proclaim that heaven is supposed to be here on earth and not somewhere far away and very lightly justifies it.

The gods according to the poet are supposed to be here on Earth and he equates it to good behavior and concern of a few people, rightly so with the heavenly nymphs too.

The poet describes nature and tries to concentrate on a few divine aspects as per his analysis.  He focuses on the concept of a river trying to negate its existence while it merges in the ocean or sea and how beautiful the entire atmosphere is when the waves reach the shore forming a surf.  On the other hand, the tender sunshine is spread on the greenery and this beautiful spectacle is equated to a heavenly experience on earth.

The poet in the last stanza tries to how the nature around us appears to be very lovely and especially so during the harvest time when the farmers rejoice as they have had a very good yield and this enjoyment comes to life on a full moon day and such a spectacle is equated to heaven.  The poet tries to imbibe and spill the essence of nature so that the readers who are unable to enjoy nature the same way as the poet does will get an opportunity to visualize nature through the poet’s description.  To conclude, the poet feels that it is the poet through a beautiful narration of nature has created heaven on this earth.