Category: POETRY & LITERATURE

यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यन्ते रमन्ते तत्र देवताः ।यत्रैतास्तु न पूज्यन्ते सर्वास्तत्राफलाः क्रियाः।। मनुस्मृति  ३.५६।। जहां स्त्रीजाति का आदर-सम्मान होता है, उस स्थान पर देवतागण प्रसन्न रहते हैं ।जहां ऐसा नहीं होता, वहां संपन्न किये गये कार्य सफल नहीं होते हैं ।। मनुस्मृति ३.५६ Όπου λατρεύονται οι γυναίκες, εκεί χαίρονται οι ΘεοίΌπου δεν λατρεύονται, εκεί όλα τα έργα δεν αποδίδουν …

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by Dennis Dinopoulos   Under a full moon the sea silent as a snake, skin- like; scales of pale light a smooth polished  veneer ­­– ceiling to other forms of life. The bow  of our ship cutting through it like a blade, a curling,  murmuring roar; foam plays the role of a sorceress,  white lips …

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The Hukus Bukus is one of the most popular songs of the Pandits of Kashmir, who after the domination of Islam have been displaced from their homeland. The message of this poem is rooted in the spiritual tradition of Kashmir. Some say it was composed by the last great mystic and poetess of Kashmir Saivism, …

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पोथी पढ़ पढ़ जग मुआ, पंडित भयो न कोईढाई आखर प्रेम के, जो पढ़े सो पंडित होए                                                          Pothi Padh Padh Jag Mua, Pandit Bhayo Na KoyeDhai Aakhar Prem Ke, Jo Padhe so Pandit Hoye Reading the scriptures everyone died, none became wiseOnly those who studied the four letters* of Love, became wise. (Translation – Dimitrios …

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Poem by Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’ (21 February 1896 – 15 October 1961 / Midnapore, West Bengal) Translated from Hindi into Greek by Dimitrios Vassiliadis वह तोड़ती पत्थर = Έσπαζε πέτρες देखा मैंने उसे इलाहाबाद के पथ पर = την είδα σ’ ένα δρόμο του Αλλαχαμπάντ वह तोड़ती पत्थर । = εκείνη έσπαζε πέτρες. कोई न छायादार पेड़ …

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A Poem by Dennis Dinopoulos It is peaceful here, there is a presence, in the soft atmosphere, ‘invisibles’ seem to nibble at light, they churn in harmony facilitating surrender of ‘indispensables’; the body here knows its own requirements, is a well-wisher of particulars, a harbinger of inequalities, is attached by reason of necessity, demands no surplus exigencies, nor rights of passage. …

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         I    With you Time           dramatizes into diamonds           into pearly moments.           Nay, I do not ‘spend time’, with you, I weave it           into a poem, a painting.                    II            Time? – – time           Is an abstract notion           you can …

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