Poetry

The Grey Days are Lakes and Other Poemsβ€” Monica Guerra

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY PATRICK WILLIAMSON I. the grey days are lakeswhen nothing but rain a soggy air soaksthe roots the yield of treeswithout a complaint suddenly presseswhere is the water where the waterprofanes the walls…...

Selected Poems from Sovraliminaleβ€” Francesca Del Moro

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY PATRICK WILLIAMSON   1 flesh in flesh body in bodydissolution of continuitybetween caress and bitetruly they take his bodyand all eat of ittruly they take his bloodand all drink of iteverything…...

The World’s beautiful because of tearsβ€” Dr Maheswar Neog

TRANSLATED FROM THE ASSAMESE BY NAVAMALATI NEOG CHAKRAVORTYΒ    The World’s Beautiful Because of Tears The way the crimson sun on the westSpread its message in the east,With its rosy reddish rays;The coppery-red sun hail the…...

In The Month of Baishakhβ€” Tamali Roy

TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY AMANITA SEN Sometimes on a blazing day of β€˜Baishakh’,a cool shower lends out its unconditional hand. It touches the scorching fingers of the summer,the boundless gloom running inside its veins. Nothing but…...

BIDDING ADIEU TO A CITY (PART V & VI)β€” UDAY PRAKASH

TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY MOULINATH GOSWAMI   Bidding Adieu to a City - 5 It would be niceif we stand in the open of the topmost terraceof this city and fly kites And together we…...

We, Who Were Executed in Half-dark Lanes and Other Poemsβ€” Faiz Ahmad Faiz

TRANSLATED FROM THE URDU BY HUZAIFA PANDIT   We, who were executed in half-dark lanes We, who were executed in half-dark lanesFor loving the fresh flowers of your lips,We were hung from the stiff scaffold.Longing for…...

Bahadur Shah Zafar’s Two Hindi poemsβ€” Padmaja Iyengar-Paddy

TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDI BY PADMAJA IYENGAR-PADDY   Lagta Nahi hai Dil Mera My heart finds no connect with this barren land Has anyone felt fulfilled in this ephemeral world Nightingale resents neither the gardener nor the…...

Four Italian Poemsβ€” Gino Chiellino

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY ANTONIO D’ALFONSO   If eyes have nottaken you awayand I can still remove your voicefrom the rumblethat darkens your faceI’ll look within myselfand find your wordsthat’ll lead me back to memory…...

I Always Get Late and Other Poemsβ€” Rizwan Akhtar

TRANSLATED FROM THE URDU BY RIZWAN AKHTAR   I always get late by Munir NiaziΒ  I always get late doing everythingsomething important, a promiseto call someone! call someone back! to help or console a friendto…...