Poetry

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Shakespeare's Sonnets ... in Punjabi by ANSHU SETH

K.B.S. Sodhi's book, ‘Sach De Moti', consists of Punjabi translations of 41 of the famous poems and sonnets by the Bard of Avon.

The Month of Chet
[March 14 - April 13] Poems translated from Punjabi by GURMEET KAUR

Spring exuberates/ Forest flowers/ Bees hum/ I too shall blossom/ My love/ If/ You'd come/ Without you/ My beloved/ What comfort?

 

The Song of The Nightingale: Love & Wisdom A Poem by INNI KAUR

I wailed:/ Does anyone know/ The agony of a caged soul?/ Whose freedom lies/ In the will of another?/ It's better to die/ Than live caged.

Accounting A Poem by MICHELE GIBSON

"Will the lives of those less fortunate than I be resurrected/ Will I face these in my detention/ Studied, scrutinized, inspected/ As I gaze into the bright and loving eyes of God ..."

A Letter For My Bhateeji - Niece by SHELBY STEINHAUER

You are forty days old -  a tiny lioness cub, so fierce and yet so fragile, a world of possibilities within you. 

Guru Tegh Bahadar A Poem by MICHELE GIBSON

"A Guru does no dazzling slight of hand/ Is not the merchant of God's power/ Does not step in to tip the balance of the good/ Nor judge another ..."

Zafarnama: The Epistle of Victory by Guru Gobind Singh -
A New Translation A Book Review by MANISH CHAND

'It's a blistering indictment of Aurangzeb's policies and statecraft, the lack of morality in governance and war ...'

The Eagle Eye of Ranjit Singh A Poem by MICHELE GIBSON

... With one eye you can guarantee peace/ Entrench justice, defend the weak/ Muster history/ Design and master weaponry ...

The Bant Singh Project by MARGOT BIGG

Today, the brutalized poet of dissent lives without hands or prosthetic limbs, and requires help to do even the most basic of tasks.

The Month of Poh
[December 14 - January 13] Poems translated from Punjabi by GURMEET KAUR

Frost saps ... Forests and meadows ... Body and mind... Blight ... Without you, my love ... Why won't you alight?...