Translated Poem : Bloodstains from Iraq

~Yuyutsu Sharma~

In the hands
of a black night

severed head
of a young Buddha

trying
to read its pallid

face’s expression
in the pool of blood

shining
like a magical mirror

near its speechless torso.

Translated by Poet himself

(Source : Drunkenboat.com)

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