The Run Within -English Translation: Nauduri Murthy -Telugu Original:”Lopali Parugu” by Yakoob Did I forget something back home? Did I lock the door properly? Did I put off the geyser and put the milk bowl back in the frig? Oh, damn it! The three kittens might make a hell by the time I come home. […]
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After bidding Adieu -English Translation: Nauduri Murthy -Telugu Original: “Vidkolu Tarvatha” by Afsar She walks silently across the bridge… As if she has caressed a flower with her delicate hands; Or, has feathered a branch along her rosy cheeks… The bridge whelms in Spring Himself becoming a flower And a greenish sprig… After she crosses […]
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What does he do alone?… -English Translation: Nauduri Murthy -Telugu Original: “Okkadu em chestadu” by Nanda Kishore Suffering the turmoils within what does he do alone? Sitting on the sandy shore He would pen poems on the spurgy tides; going lyrical at the undulating waves and the swaying froth he would hum a tune striking […]
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Market -English Translation: Nauduri Murthy -Telugu Original: “Bazaru” by Wahed This body is a garden of flowers And the wounds are just small and big posies The hum of the bees of political compassion around Is but the malodor from the abscess… scented apurpose When life itself becomes so dreadful Who cares for death but […]
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