After a long time I re-read one of my favorite poems: The Bridge of Sighs by Thomas Hood. Its smooth flow, the genuine feelings of beauty and sadness touch me like few other poems do. Ironically, this is the one poem whose translation is, at least for me, much more beautiful than the original: The famous Kannada translation DhukhaSetu (ದುಃಖ ಸೇತು - ಬಿ.ಎ೦.ಶ್ರೀ, ಇ೦ಗ್ಲಿಷ ಗೀತಗಳು). If you can read Kannada, do read that once - you will love poetry forever.
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