Poem
Vasant Abaji Dahake
My Burning Chest
On my burning chest I suffer the monsoon’s first showers,across the film of blood on my eyes a blue light spreads
and in my flesh-marrow-skin the black birds flash
their emerald wings.
© Translation: 2004, Ranjit Hoskote
MY BURNING CHEST
From: Yogabhrashta
Publisher: Mauj Prakashan Griha, Mumbai
Publisher: Mauj Prakashan Griha, Mumbai
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My Burning Chest
On my burning chest I suffer the monsoon’s first showers,across the film of blood on my eyes a blue light spreads
and in my flesh-marrow-skin the black birds flash
their emerald wings.
© 2004, Ranjit Hoskote
From: Yogabhrashta
From: Yogabhrashta
My Burning Chest
On my burning chest I suffer the monsoon’s first showers,across the film of blood on my eyes a blue light spreads
and in my flesh-marrow-skin the black birds flash
their emerald wings.
© 2004, Ranjit Hoskote
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