His tomb
Is made of long songs about love,
About sense of life and passion,
About joy and hope,
So he goes to paradise
With apsaras and amrita,
Since his amrita
Was made of music.
His harmonies
Are now played by the
Ghandharvi
And his talent
Will always be higher
Than the Meru mountain.
*This year a famous Telugu songwriter and poet Vennelakanti passed away. Here’s a tribute to him and his fruitful, birght and independent songwriting.
Although I don’t know Telugu, I can still appreaciate and evaluate his monumental input into cinema, poetry and music. He wrote more than 3000 poems in his lifetime.
RIP Sri Vennelakanti.