Féinphortráid
Táim ar nós gach éinne eile
seachas mé féin, agus uaireanta
i bhfuinneoga siopaí
ainneoin dlíthe aitheanta
na hoptaice,
feicim portráid strainséara,
ní fios cén dáta,
sínithe go minic sa chúinne
ag m’athair.
AK Ramanujan
Self-Portrait
I resemble everyone
but myself, and sometimes see
in shop-windows,
despite the well-known laws
of optics,
the portrait of a stranger,
date unknown,
often signed in a corner
by my father.
AK Ramanujan
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (ed)
