The Bloomsbury Anthology of Great Indian Poems by Abhay K.;

Author:Abhay K.;
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Bloomsbury UK (Trade)

SUMMER

from Jayavallabha’s Vajjalagam

Having burnt it all to ash

along with every animal,

the wild fire

shins up a dried-out tree

and surveys the forest again,

wondering what is left.

Translated from Prakrit by Martha Ann Selby

SUMMER AFTERNOON

– Vijay Deo Narayan Sahi

In the nearby bamboo grove

a sudden chirping of birds

Perhaps the fat black cat

I often saw on the parapet

its tail upright

is crossing the drain

Translated from Hindi by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

SUNDORI

– Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih

Beloved Sundori,

Yesterday one of my people

Killed one of your people

And one of your people

Killed one of my people.

Today they have both sworn

To kill on sight.

But this is neither you nor I

Shall we meet by the Umkhrah River

And empty this madness

Into its angry summer floods?

I send this message

Through a fearful night breeze

Please leave your window open.

Translated from Khasi by the poet

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