Poem
Kunwar Narain
Horoscope
Lying in a field of flowers,I have often thought about the dew,
fluorescent dots
dripped onto the petals
with nibs of light.
What astrologer designed this complex horoscope
of the glittering firmament?
And why do these luminous signs vanish,
from one to zero?
Whose is this cynical, geometrical yawn?
And then I thought
about the bedraggled leaves under the trees –
Who thought up this mathematical puzzle?
The wind is counting:
it gathers leaves anywhere,
and deposits them anywhere.
At times, it snatches a few leaves from the tree,
crumples them and tosses them carelessly away.
At times it spreads out a new sheet,
and doodles trees, trees, trees . . .
© Translation: 2000, Daniel Weissbort and Kunwar Narain
From: Signatures: One Hundred Indian Poets
Publisher: National Book Trust, New Delhi, 2000
From: Signatures: One Hundred Indian Poets
Publisher: National Book Trust, New Delhi, 2000
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© 1993, Kunwar Narain
From: Koee Doosra Naheen
Publisher: Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi
From: Koee Doosra Naheen
Publisher: Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi
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Horoscope
Lying in a field of flowers,I have often thought about the dew,
fluorescent dots
dripped onto the petals
with nibs of light.
What astrologer designed this complex horoscope
of the glittering firmament?
And why do these luminous signs vanish,
from one to zero?
Whose is this cynical, geometrical yawn?
And then I thought
about the bedraggled leaves under the trees –
Who thought up this mathematical puzzle?
The wind is counting:
it gathers leaves anywhere,
and deposits them anywhere.
At times, it snatches a few leaves from the tree,
crumples them and tosses them carelessly away.
At times it spreads out a new sheet,
and doodles trees, trees, trees . . .
© 2000, Daniel Weissbort and Kunwar Narain
From: Signatures: One Hundred Indian Poets
Publisher: 2000, National Book Trust, New Delhi
From: Signatures: One Hundred Indian Poets
Publisher: 2000, National Book Trust, New Delhi
Horoscope
Lying in a field of flowers,I have often thought about the dew,
fluorescent dots
dripped onto the petals
with nibs of light.
What astrologer designed this complex horoscope
of the glittering firmament?
And why do these luminous signs vanish,
from one to zero?
Whose is this cynical, geometrical yawn?
And then I thought
about the bedraggled leaves under the trees –
Who thought up this mathematical puzzle?
The wind is counting:
it gathers leaves anywhere,
and deposits them anywhere.
At times, it snatches a few leaves from the tree,
crumples them and tosses them carelessly away.
At times it spreads out a new sheet,
and doodles trees, trees, trees . . .
© 2000, Daniel Weissbort and Kunwar Narain
From: Signatures: One Hundred Indian Poets
Publisher: 2000, National Book Trust, New Delhi
From: Signatures: One Hundred Indian Poets
Publisher: 2000, National Book Trust, New Delhi
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