What For ? – Poems by C. Mani
Translated by E. Annamalai
What For?
1.
I didn’t come
to rush to my office
straight from home.
I came to watch with fun,
stopped and musing,
like a boy
sent to school...
Two Poems by S. Vaidheeswaran
Translated by Ashokamitran
I too like the elephant
The moment I hear
the chimes
at the end of the street
I know it is Saturday.
Shouts of joy
all through the...
Poems by A. Nasbullah
Translated by Latha Ramakrishnan
The Word
From the word ‘Text’
I
or We
leave apart.
Some leave this word
for ever
Some go separate for the time being
and then entwine themselves with...
Poems by Anar
Translated by Rajesh Subramanian
The Blue Kiss
The kiss, flies around
like a strange blue bird.
Have not you seen during
my most unique and inquisitive moments
the blue lightning...
Poems by Muthamizh Virumbi
Translated by C. Rajeswari
The focus
Placing the knife apart,
And the moment
He turned aside.
Picked up and flew away
A tiny piece of mutton
From the butchering table
The crows.
A...
Two Poems – By Atmanaam
Translated by Karthik
Alms
Become a beggar
Ask for alms
Beseech,beg – Louder !
Not as far as the street corner
Your voice should cross the Infinite space
The food for...
Poems by Bogan Sankar
Translated from Tamil by Nakul Vāc
Prophet for Twisted Times
Afraid
I had put the wrong foot forward
I went back a square.
"Retreating not allowed for a...
Bharathiyar Songs
Translated by A.K. Ramanujan
Wind
Wind, come softly.
Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.
There, look what...
Bharathiyar’s Poem – “Besought”
Translated by Lekha Murali
Besought
Why build an exquisite veena1,
Only to be heedlessly cast-off into dust?
Tell me O! Sivasakthi2 –
You, (who) created me with a scintillating...
The Story of the Cat That Drank the Sea
Poem: Riyaz Qurana
Translated from Tamil by: Rajesh Subramanian
The drop that was sucked this afternoon
was the last one. The sea went dry.
From the moment the...
