Two Persian Poems

Translated by Sweeta Yaqoobi

Photo by Hulki Okan Tabak on Unsplash

Come again, whatever you identify as, come again

Whether you are a nonbeliever, an infidel, or a worshipper

This door of ours is not of despair

Even if you break your vows a thousand times, come again

There is a field in which neither Islam fits nor infidelity

I have a thought that has been growing in its air

When a mystic arrives in it, he prostrates—

Neither infidelity, nor Islam, nor that place exist

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Black Women

translated by Tracey Cadet

Photo by Jessica Felicio from Unsplash

Naked woman, black woman

Clothed with your colour which is life, with your shape which is beauty…

I grew up under your shadow; the softness of your hands blindfolded my eyes…

And now, in the heart of Summer and Noon ..,… Read article “Black Women”

The Sea

Excerpt translated by B. J. Epstein

A single minute from some TV show,
London Weekend Television.… Read article “The Sea”

Woman Warrior: A Work of Translation

by Olivia Xing

Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts is a different book. Although it is written by Maxine Hong Kingston in English and read mostly in the English-speaking countries, it involves elements of translation, in cultural terms.… Read article “Woman Warrior: A Work of Translation”

Biography of a Poet

by Trishna Devi Rao

Photo used with permission of the author.

Dr. Muralidhar Advikolanu (1929-2006) was an Indian poet, lyricist, freelance writer, playwright, and novelist in Mumbai.… Read article “Biography of a Poet”