sapna (Super-Mod!): The yaksa accomplishes this by describing the many beautiful sights the cloud will see on its northward course to the the city of Alaka, where his wife awaits his return. *05-03-10 - 10:08:22
sapna (Super-Mod!): In 1813, the poem was first translated into english by... Horace Hayman wilson.. *05-03-10 - 10:10:52
sapna (Super-Mod!): An excerpt is quoted in canadian director Deepa Mehta's film water *05-03-10 - 10:13:04
sapna (Super-Mod!): The poem was also the inspiration for Gustav Holst's "The cloud Messenger op 30(1909-10) *05-03-10 - 10:16:41