Caress and Other Poems— Arpita Kundu
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY SUBHADIP DUTTA CHOWDHURY Caress Long before the conception, I made you, too, potent!Despite that, every time our weary, mellowed feverLooked for a profound azureThe bedsheet and pillow got dotted…...
As I Am Writing My First Lyric and Other Poems— Liljana Dirjan
TRANSLATED FROM THE MACEDONIAN BY LJUBICA ARSOVSKA WITH PATRICIA MARSH-STEFANOVSKA AS I AM WRITING MY FIRST LYRIC Dirty dishes inthe text andfootnotes of symmetrypoints of view, purerunic poetry – perspectivelives in sequelspasswords of beverages, alcoholcombinations with…...
A Poem to an Old Lover— DadaPeer Jyman
TRANSLATED FROM THE KANNADA BY SHASHANK JOHRI Sufi,Is the love that unveils itselfOn dating-sites really true?Why else would I, forlornclick and open Grindr,Instead of returning to my home’s quiet comfort.For it is there that we…...
Two Tamil poems III— Mounan Yathrika
TRANSLATED FROM THE TAMIL BY SHERWIN RODRIGUEZ poem 1I was a young hunter then,my feet had not hardened enoughto run after animals.I would shoot catapults at birds,carry prey home.Once, my father left mewith the monitor lizardsand…...
Bhageerathi— A Janapada poem translated by Shashank Johri
TRANSLATED FROM POPULAR “JANAPADA”, FOLK POEM 1Kallana Kere Mallana Gowda, harrowed a colossal lakeThat mere had merely a handful of water, “Alas!” All saw and spokeAnd when such fixes nature cursed, one sought counsel in predictions,Of tellers…...
Three Italian Poems— Enzo Campi
TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY PATRICK WILLIAMSON From Pas de chance (unpublished, 2022) dispossessed of the hammer of the pickaxe the impossibility of digging thehole confuses saliva withsperm by deviating itstrajectory.but sperm is slimy and…...
Six Poems from Jhelum Trivedi’s “Nawabgunj”— A Compilation
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY MOULINATH GOSWAMI This collection of poems is a compilation of Jhelum Tribedi’s reflection on the world that has shaped around her, pivoted on a real yet surreal place named Nawabgunj…...
The Marriage of Abu Lahab— Noon Meem Rashid
TRANSLATED FROM THE URDU BY HUZAIFA PANDIT It was the wedding night of Abu Lahab, And Lord, what a night it was!When the bride of Abu Lahab arrivedShe carried firewood on her head and her…...
Finding Her Lord— Rabindranath Tagore
TRANSLATED FROM THE BENGALI BY AMANITA SEN By the river Jahnabi, once Tulsidaswas there at the cremation-ground.He sang to himself all alone,as he wandered around. A corpse was lying and at his feetcried his own…...