Acrobat by Nabaneeta Dev Sen
Author:Nabaneeta Dev Sen [Dev Sen, Nabaneeta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Published: 2021-05-11T00:00:00+00:00
yet
the yellow river
sweeps away village
after village
Translated by the poet
All those crazy blue hills
All the blue hills slowly fade away
behind the advancing wall of cloud,
and suddenly
a naked tree rises in front
with implausible clarity.
An errant ray of the hidden sun
embellishes it abruptly,
almost ludicrous.
Its gnarled hands get tangled up, as if
the curtain-ripping light startles it
while itâs secretly immersed in private affairs.
The tree
looks mighty, many-armed, and fierce,
like the copper statue of a nude god.
As the ornate backdrop gets steadily lost
under thick layers of white,
every white wave is fringed with pure gold
along the slope of every hill.
The tall tower captures in its grasp
all that there is to hold.
As if a fire has broken out inside the summitâs window,
a sliver of flame dances around the pointed peak,
like a falling angel encircled by light.
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