Jaun Elia English Translations II
...These are English translations of Urdu poems by Jaun Elia with themes of solitude, loneliness, alienation, love, life, death and loss.
When you come, you will find me lost,
for in my solitude the...
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Categories:
elia, dream, life, loneliness, loss,
Form: Free verse
Breakfast At Tiffanys
...I watched “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” last night - we’re going to be reading Truman Capote’s book after the break and I wanted to start thinking about it. The movie rewrites Truman Capote’s story, turni...
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Categories:
elia, class, school, society, student,
Form: Free verse
Jaun Elia Translations
...I am strange—so strange
that I self-destructed and don't regret it.
—Jaun Elia, translation by Michael R. Burch
The wound is deep—companions, friends—embrace me!
What, did you not even bother t...
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Categories:
elia, city, hindi, love, memory,
Form: Couplet
If Ever I Had a Country: Lxxvi
...IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LXXVI
IF ever I had a Country with or without any " Wood " in the aching aping Film Industry
And if ever (you know the refrain by now) I were NOMINATED - not hoodwink...
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Categories:
elia, dance, film, humor, sexy,
Form: Dramatic Monologue