what seeks the retch of war, the hallowed veil &
tempered scream of make &
remake? the seethe that seeks
the harm of arms those arms that brook no care
to take, retake and build &
bake who seeks the retch of war?
Monthly Archives: February 2022
parable illegit
protector of secrets1, harbinger, truth-in-stain
as the scream that wills
as a parable illegit as a mountain-stone
rolling threads of incomprehension
So that in the depths of the darkest night
The sun shines forever a
tell us that story again2, of the flow and its night
as the sandgrain that wills
as a parable illegit as a mountain-stone
rolling waves of inconstancy
So that in the depths of the darkest night
The sun shines forever
worshiping love alone3, subsisting in subsistence
alone, so that in the depths
of the darkest night, the sun shines
forever - harbinger, truth-in-stain
parable illegit as a mountain-stone, I,
sandgrain, subsist, scream -
(1)
– from ‘haraami’ by Meeraji
qudrat ke puraane bhedoN may jo bhaid chhupaae chhup na sakay, is bhaid ki tu rakhwaali hai
(a)
– from ‘Songs That Cannot Be Silenced’ by Hien Luong from Vietnam
So that in the depths of the darkest night
The sun shines forever
(2)
– from ‘aik thee aurat’ by Meeraji
puraani kahaani may kya lutf aae, hamay aaj kis nay kaha tha — puraani kahaani sunaao
(3)
– from ‘haraami’ by Meeraji
jo chaahay reet ki baat kahay, hum peet hi ke matwaalay haiN
Gratitude lost
Used to be the bird settled down on the green you sowed, its chirp saying thanks Gaia glad now when it perches on some green, there is a riddle for the sky - and you - to solve how can the bird even speak to the sun's flare with such flutter? Gaia spins an urgent tale no sooner has it been said than the words are felt futile then forgotten
koi kahe ye kis ne kaha tha, keh do jo kuch kehna hai
meeraji keh kar pachtaaya aur phir kehna bhool gayawho said say what you have to say?
Meeraji
I said, regretted, then forgot to say
Gathering just-a-bit-o moss 