A poetry reading in Zaragoza, Spain

The indian poet Mohan Rana (Delhi, 1964) reads some poems and talks about his poetry in this video, recorded in Zaragoza (Spain). Rana visited Spain in March 2016 for a poetry reading in Antígona bookshop (Zaragoza) and in Voces del Extremo poetry festival (Logroño). Poems translated from Hindi by Lucy Rosenstein and Bernard O'Donoghue.
 Video by David Francisco.
 More info about Mohan Rana in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan_Rana

Mohan Rana · Poems (English subtitles)

कविता पाठ । Poetry Reading

Published on 17 Jul 2016

The indian poet Mohan Rana (Delhi, 1964) reads some poems and talks about his poetry in this video, recorded in Zaragoza (Spain). Rana visited Spain in March 2016 for a poetry reading in Antígona bookshop (Zaragoza) and in Voces del Extremo poetry festival (Logroño).

Poems translated from Hindi by Lucy Rosenstein and Bernard O'Donoghue. Video by David Francisco.

More info about Mohan Rana in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan_Rana

Video by David Francisco

 

नई कविताएँ - मोहन राणा । New Poems - Mohan Rana

Three New Poems in Translation.

These three poems were translated from Hindi by Lucy Rosenstein and the Irish poet Bernard O’Donoghue.

खग्रास

हमने की कोशिश अँधेरे को मिटाने की
हो गए मंत्रमुग्ध चमकते बल्बों की चौंधियाहट से
कि नहीं दिखता कुछ भी उस चमकते अँधेरे में...

From 'Eclipse':

'Trying to overcome the dark,
we become dazzled by shining bulbs.
Nothing is visible in this glowing darkness,'

नक़्शानवीस

पंक्तियों के बीच अनुपस्थित हो
तुम एक ख़ामोश पहचान
जैसे भटकते बादलों में अनुपस्थित बारिश,
तुम अनुपस्थित हो जीवन के हर रिक्त स्थान में...

From 'The Cartographer':

'Between the lines it’s you,
absent, but a silent presence
just as the rain is absent in the passing clouds.'

बावली धुन

रात थी सुबह हो गई
करवटों में भी नहीं मिली कोई जगह
यह ग़लत पतों की यात्रा है मेरे दोस्त...

From 'An Obsessive Tune':

'Night passed and the morning came,
though, tossing and turning, I got nowhere.
A journey, dear friend, to wrong places.'

कविताएँ -  POEMS
http://www.poetrytranslation.org/news/new-poems-by-mohan-rana

पॉडकास्ट : मोहन राणा की 12 हिन्दी कविताएँ । Podcast: 12 Hindi poems by Mohan Rana.

Listen to a playlist of 12 Hindi poems by Mohan Rana. The poems are read first in English translation by Bernard O'Donoghue and then in Hindi by Mohan himself.

https://soundcloud.com/poetrytranslationcentre/sets/mohan-rana-1