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The Battle Of Echoes

from Brahmarakshas by Brahmarakshas

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……ये गरजती, गूँजती, आन्दोलिता
गहराईयों से उठ रही ध्वनियाँ, अतः
उद्भ्रान्त शब्दों के नये आवर्त में
हर शब्द निज प्रति शब्द को भी काटता,
वह रूप अपने बिम्ब से भी जूझ
विकृताकार-कृति
है बन रहा
ध्वनि लड़ रही अपनी प्रतिध्वनि से यहाँ

बावड़ी की इन मुंडेरों पर
मनोहर हरी कुहनी टेक सुनते हैं
टगर के पुष्प-तारे श्वेत

वे ध्वनियाँ!

सुनते हैं करोंदों के सुकोमल फूल
सुनता है उन्हे प्राचीन ओदुम्बर
सुन रहा हूँ मैं वही
पागल प्रतीकों में कही जाती हुई
वह ट्रेजिडी
जो बावड़ी में अड़ गयी।

Translation:

This thundering, echoing agitation
These sounds arising from the depths
These newly resuscitated, extinct words*
Every word battles its antonym
The form battles its reflection
A disfigured figure is formed
As the sound battles its own echo

And on the parapets of the well,
Resting its beautiful green elbow
The star-white flowers of the valerian listen
To these sounds.

And they listen, the delicate flowers
Of the crane berry
The ancient syconium trees
And so do I, to
The tragedy that unfolds
through deranged symbols
trapped inside the well

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from Brahmarakshas, released September 6, 2016

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