Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Ice cubes, Cake and Bread (roti)




On the first peg, Camus, Kafka, Sartre and Foucault
On the second peg, Dante, Neruda, Ginsberg and Picasso
On the third, Freud, Marx, Mayakovsky , and Daniken –
                         Mixing them with ice cubes,
                         Sipping luxuriously,
                         Not noticing,
                         When had the clock struck midnight.
But we have noted,
That, in his house, he has two dogs
Two servants, and a full moon,
And the dogs eat cake,
While, the servants, burnt bread (roti).

- Translated from Souvik Bandhopadhay's poem

1 comment:

SOUVIK BANDYOPADHYAY said...

didn't know of this. good translation though. thanks Neelav.