Painting by Satish Gupta
Ang Isla ng Liwanag
para kay Paravara Rao *
Mayroong Isla ng liwanag
Dadalhin kita roon
Hindi nito alam kung ano ang rehas na bakal
Halika sumama ka sa akin sa Isla ng Liwanag
Walang pamahalaan doon
Ang dagat ang namumuno at ang hangin sa karagatan Nagbabago ang panahon sa salita ng mga makata
Halika sumama ka sa akin sa Isla ng Liwanag
GABRIEL ROSENSTOCK, Ireland
Translation by Eden Soriano Trinidad
Watch the poem at https://youtu.be/IJzios4TRwY
*https://thewire.in/rights/varavara-rao-release-academics-statement
The Isle of Light
For Paravara Rao *
There is an Isle of Light
I will take you there
It has never known iron bars
Come with me to the Isle of Light
There is no government there
The seas rule and the ocean winds
Seasons change at the word of poets
Come with me to the Isle of Light.
GABRIEL ROSENSTOCK, Ireland
Watch the poem at https://youtu.be/IJzios4TRwY
*https://thewire.in/rights/varavara-rao-release-academics-statement
