Two eyes
Only one vision
Two lips
Only one silence
Two hands
Only one form
Two lives
Only one dream of revolution
I am the ashes
She is the Phoenix
My translation of the Telugu poem 'Phoenix', from the collection of poetry 'Sivasagar Kavitvam', by K. G. Satyamurthy ('Sivasagar'). Written on August 12, 1987.
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Red
The Kondagogus* are red
The hills themselves are red
The martyrdom of the Annas**
On the hills is red
Salutations to them are even redder
My translation of the Telugu poem 'erupu', from the collection of poetry 'Sivasagar Kavitvam', by K. G. Satyamurthy ('Sivasagar'). Written in 1983.
*Kondagogu: pronounced konDagOgu; wild hibiscus.
**Anna: elder brother in Telugu. Here it refers to Naxal activists.
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