Translation of Balu Pulinelli’s Poems from the anthology " madangivarunna kavithakal"
Shepherd
Shepherd
butcher’s
last prey
lamb glutted forests
and forest glutted lambs
drifted in the air
he who herded them,
hemming in the tear,
carved a flute.
He who sated hunger
sans bread
clothed the cosmos
with a loincloth
gave peace
to killers of
even the last lambs in flight
Love was the crime
that impaled him
to earth’s
venomous thorn
Even his corpse that did not conform
to what he did not desire
pulled down those holy canons to the mud
Shepherd
butcher’s
last prey
1 comment:
Dear babitha
I found your diary part an interesting read. You have inspired us also to maintain such a diary.
incidentally my blog too has the similar lay out. sometimes you can visit me as well.
JP
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