My husband was teasing me with my maiden name
Mekala……o mekala…..
I said you want me to write poem Jacobu, i will write
song for you Jacobu, the name he is called by his
grandmother Elizabeth “JaKabu”
What do you want me to write dear husband Jacob
you want me to write about stars in the sky that
dazzle in the night so like light insects
Do you want me to write about punnami vennela the
full moon on pournami……..
I can write about your beautiful dawn and sunrise
and I write the early morning bird songs
I dont know the rules of Japan poetry neither my roots of telugu
but I can write beautiful janapadha folk lyrics, and you sing me a song
Podu podunne suridu lechadamma
thelevare jamuna, naa sooridu na cheveli
pettedamma cheyyi, and says
what you are singing i dont know what you speak
lechadamma sooridu and lechi podhu poddunne paalu kavalamma
annadu, nenu velli paalu pithikelope velladamma polamloki,
sooridu netthimedhaki vachado ledho edhi naa saddhi janakamma
malli nudhupadamma na chevini, le le poyi neellu themmanadamma
sooridu mudhu muddhu sooridu….. na chevelona pettadamma cheyyi………
Jessy Jacob.
