An
Illustrated Meghaduta by Mahakavi Kalidasa,
(In
English)
Translated
By
Jaffor
Ullah and Joanna Kirkpatrick
Introduction
– The
Flight path of Megh
Purva-Megh
Verse
1 through 4
Verse
5 through 8
Verse
9 through 12
Verse
13 through 16
Verse
17 through 20
Verse
21 through 24
Verse
25 through 28
Verse
29 through 32
Verse
33 through 36
Verse
37 through 40
Verse
41 through 44
Verse
45 through 48
Verse
49 through 52
Verse
53 through 56
Verse
57 through 60
Verse
61 through 64
Uttar-Megh
Verse
1 through 4
Verse
5 through 8
Verse
9 through 12
Verse
13 through 16
Verse
17 through 20
Verse
21 through 24
Verse
25 through 28
Verse
29 through 32
Verse
33 through 36
Verse
37 through 40
Verse
41 through 44
Verse
45 through 48
Verse
49 through 54
The
End
Acknowledgements:
We used Prof. Kanai Lal Roy's Bengali book
entitled "Mahakavi Kalidasa Pranito Meghadutam" (Bangla Academy, Dhaka,
Bangladesh; 1994; ISBN 784-07-30-70-8) to translate the Sanskrit verses
into English.
All the poems in Bengali were taken from
"Meghaduta" by Narendra Deb (Dey's Publishing, Calcutta, India; 1998; ISBN
81-7612-145-2) for scholarly use.
McComas Taylor's The Meghaduta in English
at
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~mooncharts/kalidasa/meghaduta-eng.pdf
A summary of the poem by Chandra Holm.
We are including Ms. Holm's site so that readers who are unfamiliar with
the plot and context could obtain the necessary information by browsing
the site.
http://www.ch.8.com/megh.htm
Comments could be directed to: Jaffor
Ullah and Joanna Kirkpatrick
