The Taste of Iron
Look how words
are styled into a poem
Look at this
Read this man fallen amid letters.
You hear that?
Is it the clanging of iron or
the blood spilled on the soil?
Ask not the blacksmith
the taste of iron,
Ask the horse with a leash on his mouth
Dhumil (Sudama Pandey, 1936-1975)Translation Kamalakar Bhat
Blas Iarainn
Féach mar atá briathra
stílithe i ndán
Féach air seo
Léigh an fear seo a thit i measc litreacha
Ar chuala tú?
Cleatráil iarainn ab ea, nó
fuil a doirteadh sa chré?
Ná fiafraigh den ghabha
cad is blas iarainn ann,
fiafraigh den chapall é is srian ar a bhéal.
