Monday, May 24, 2021

AGAINST THE WAVES, my new collection, published in April 2021

 

AGAINST THE WAVES: SELECTED POEMS (New Delhi: Authors Press, 2021, Pages 118, ISBN 978- 93-90891-58-0, Price Rs.295 US $25) by Ram Krishna Singh.
 
Poems, including haiku and tanka, have continued to happen since the publication of my collection YOU CAN'T SCENT ME AND OTHER SELECTED POEMS (2016). Most of them have appeared in both print and online journals. I compiled some of them in my latest book AGAINST THE WAVES. I am indebted to Sudarshan Kcherry ji for his support to my creativity and readily agreeing to publish this collection of poems under the imprint of Authors Press. The book is now available from the publisher and other online platforms. Please email to: authorspressgroup@gmail.com
 
I seek support from fellow poets, scholars, and students to read it and enrich their personal library.
 
--R K Singh


The details of the book are also available on : http://www.aveviajera.org/nacionesunidasdelasletrasuniletras/id1419.html

 

Comments by Lucky Stephen Onyah, Nigeria:

Am humbled to get the chance to read a brilliant collection of poems from a world renowned writer,
Ram Krishna Singh.
 
"AGAINST THE WAVE" caught my attention and at first sight wondered for possible reasons behind the title. Yet as I opened the first page and slowly began to feast patiently the theme began to emerge. Now this a trait of a master weaver of words who consciously create a desired perception and consistently follow through.
 
This excellent work comprise of different genre of poetic pearls and I will gladly recommend to all lovers of poetry to grab their copies now. For such creative voice springing forth from this highly celebrated book is simply a standout amidst all else.

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Sunday, May 16, 2021

Agouray Fatima translates haiku into French

 returning home 

with masks of happiness 

wearied faces

--R K Singh 

 

 Retournant à la maison

Avec des masques de bonheur 

Visages étranges

 

Tr. into French by Agouray Fatima 

 ***

Texte Ram Krishna Singh
* Traduction Agouray Fatima
 
Patches of shadow
Under bare tree
Scorching sun
 
--Ram Krishna Singh 
 
 
Nuance d'ombre
Sous un arbre nu
Soleil brûlant

Tr. into French by Agouray Fatima 
 
 ***
after cleaning
the maid leaves behind
an oily smell
 
--R.K.Singh
 
 
Après avoir fait le menage-
La bonne a laissé derrière elle
Une odeur d'huile
 
Tr. into French by Agouray Fatima 

***
June heatwave
the long shadows
whisper in bush
 
R.K Singh
 
 
Vague de chaleur en juin
Les étendues ombragées
Un chuchotement dans la brousse.
 
 
Translation by Agouray Fatima.

 ***

Translation to French by Agouray Fatima.
 
My haiku published in HAIKU HARVEST, Vol.2, No.2, Summer 2001
 
A load of wood
on her frail back –
autumn evening 
 

Une charge de bois
Sur son dos frêle
Une soirée d'automne
****
 
Dew drop
on a blade of grass
rainbow
 

 
Goutte de rosée
Sur un brin d'herbe
Arc-en-ciel
 
****
 
Falling leaves –
a sheet of autumn
in the courtyard
 

Des feuilles qui tombent
Une couverture automnale
Dans la cour
 
****
 
Palms waving to greet
the first rain of the season:
I wait in the room
 

Saluant
Les premières pluies de la saison:
J'attends dans la chambre.
 
****
--Ram Krishna Singh
(Also included in HAIKU HARVEST: 2000-2006, ed. Denis M. Garrison, published by Modern English Tanka Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 2007)

 ***

after the storm
picking fallen tamarind--
too high the tree
 
 
 
Après la tempête
ILs cueillent le tamarin tombé
De l'arbre le plus haut.
 
 
Translation by Agouray Fatima.


***

sudden downpour--
waiting in shade for someone
with umbrella
 
--R K Singh
 
 
Une averse soudaine--
Attendant quelqu'un à l'ombre
Avec un parapluie 
 
Translation by Agouray Fatima.
 
***
 
half-eaten
fallen under the tree
the last mango
 
--R.K.Singh
 
 
À moitié mangée
Tombée sous l'arbre
La dernière mangue
 
Translation from Agouray Fatima

***

*Translation to French: Agouray Fatima

touching her tatoo
in the darkness of mirror 
moon from de window

--Ram Krishna Singh 


Par la fenêtre 
La lune touche son tatouage
Dans l'obscurité  du miroir

--Agouray Fatima
 
 ***
 
Least afraid
kissing a shoplifter--
Edgware Road

--R.K.Singh
 
 
Aucunement désolé 
 De l'embrasser
Tel un voleur
d'étalage
Sur la route Edgware
 
 

 ***

her fingers
i taste in the orange
she peels
 
 
Ses doigts
Je goûte l'orange
Qu'elle épluche
 
 
wrapped in fog
the flying plane
seen by sound
 
 
Caché par le nuage
L'avion
Est aperçu par le son
 
 
--Professor R K Singh
 
Poetry Pea podcast, Series 2, Episode 16
 
Translation By Agouray Fatima
 
*** 


Translation to frensh by Agouray Fatima
 
red with shame
the sky at sunrise
one more kiss
 
-- R K Singh
 
 
Au lever du soleil
Le ciel est rouge de Timidité
Encore un baiser !!
 
 Tr. Agouray Fatima
 
*** 



she goes out
into sultry heat--
feeding time
 
--R K Singh
 
 
Elle sort
Dans une chaleur étouffante
À l'heure du repas.
 
Translated by Agouray Fatima.
 
*** 



Wiping his face
Under the umbrella
An old man with books
 
--R K Singh
 
 
S'essuyant le visage
Sous son parapluie
Un vieil homme
Avec des livres.
 
Translated by Agouray Fatima.
 
 
***
 
searching for food
in the street garbage
a dog and girl
 
--R K Singh
 
 
Ils cherchent de la nourriture
Dans une benne à ordures
Un chien et une fille
 
Translated by Agouray Fatima.
 
 
***

last night's rain
paves way for a clear sky
this morning 
the breeze is cool and the sun
adds a new hue to the spring

--R K Singh


La nuit dernière  la pluie
Ouvre la voie pour un ciel clair
Ce matin
La brise est douce et le soleil
Ajoute une nouvelle couleur
Au printemps

Translation by Agouray Fatima.


***



on the terrace
facing the sun
an empty chair 

--R K Singh 



Sur la terrasse
Face au soleil
Une chaise vide.

Tr. Agouray Fatima 
 
 
 
 
Searching mother
in the thickening dark:
the tree stands
 
--R.K.Singh
 
 
Cherchant la mère
Dans l'epaisse obscurité:
L'arbre surgit.
 
Tr. Agouray Fatima


crowded streets
moving among the years
wretched faces
 
--R.K.Singh
 
Rues encombrées
Evoluant au fil des années
Des visages misérables
 
Tr. Agouray Fatima.
 
 
 
red with shame
the sky at sunrise
one more kiss
 
-- R K Singh
 
Rougi de timidité
Le ciel au lever du soleil
Encore un autre baiser 
 
Translated to frensh from Agouray Fatima.

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Tanka Translated into French by Agouray Fatima

 *Texte de Ram Krishna Singh 

* Traduction en Français Agouray Fatima


it matters little

who owns the tree:

40 years in wood

now good to bottle

if one has taste 

****

Peu importe qui gagne l'arbre:

Quarante ans en forêt 

Maintenant le vin est bon

Si  quelqu'un a du goût. 


--R K Singh

 *****

the god fire
in the soul forces back
my secret fall
i feel the retarding weight
in the fate's deadly turn
 
--R.K.Singh
 
 
Flamme divine
Dans mon âme des forces m'obligent à nouveau
à avouer mon secret
Je sens comme si le destin fatal
Me décourage 
 
• Poem:Ram Krishna Singh 
 
Translator
 
Fatima Agouray.



 last night's rain

paves way for a clear sky

this morning 

the breeze is cool and the sun

adds a new hue to the spring

--R K Singh

La nuit dernière  la pluie
Ouvre la voie pour un ciel clair
Ce matin
La brise est douce et le soleil
Ajoute une nouvelle couleur
Au printemps

Translation by Agouray Fatima.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Fatima Tayeh translates haiku into Arabic

 returning home 

with masks of happiness 

wearied faces 


عودة إلى الوطن_

بأقنعة السعادة نخفي

وجوهاُ مرهقة


•Haiku: R. K. Singh

•Translated by Fatima Tayeh

 

the god fire
in the soul forces back
my secret fall
i feel the retarding weight
in the fate's deadly turn
شعلةُ الآلهة
في الرُّوح ترغمني ثانيةً
على البوحِ بسرِّي
أشعرُ وكأن القدرَ المميتَ
يثبطُ عزيمتي
•ترجمة فاطِمة طايع


شعلةُ الآلهة
في الرُّوح ترغمني ثانيةً
على البوحِ بسرِّي
أشعرُ وكأن القدرَ المميتَ
يثبِّطُ عزيمتي
•Translator: Fatima Tayeh

 


wintry morning sun
lost in a layer of fog
shells of broken eggs
--R.K.Singh
شمس الصباح الشتوية
تتخفّى في السديم
أصدافُ البيضِ المكسور
•Haiku:R.k.Singh
•Translated by Fatima Tayeh
 
 
 
On the river's bank
his soul is lighted for peace--
lantern in the sky
 
--R.K.Singh
على ضفة النهر
يضيء روحه للسلام
مصباح في السماء
 
 
Tr. by Fatima Tayeh
 
 
on a cycle
he sells bouquets and roses
peddling dreams
--R.K.Singh
على دراجة هوائية_
يبيع باقات أزهار و ورود؛
أحلام متجولة
•رام كريشنا سينغ


travelling back
from the waves of bliss
a foam_leap

Wrinkles on the skin
remind me of time's passage
year by year travelled
long distances renewing
Spirit and waving goodbye

crowded streets
moving among the years
Wretched faces
عودةٌ
من أمواجِ النّعيم
قفزةٌ من الزّبد

تجاعيدٌ على الجِلد
تُذكّرُني بمرورِ الوقْت
سافرتُ عاماً وراءَ عام
لمسافاتٍ طويلة.. أجدِّدُ رُوحي
وألوّحُ بالوداع

شوارعُ محْتَشِدة
تتحركُ بينَ السِّنين
وجوهٌ مُرْهَقَة
•Professor Ram Krishna Singh
•Translated to Arabic by Fatima Tayeh


The above two haiku and tanka are also translated in Hindi, courtesy Rajendra Prasad Singh










 

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Friday, May 07, 2021

Setu 🌉 सेतु: Pandemic Poems: Ram Krishna Singh

Setu 🌉 सेतु: Pandemic Poems: Ram Krishna Singh: 

Pandemic Poems: Ram Krishna Singh

Ram Krishna Singh
TEST

Lonely December
aren’t I immune?

antibody test
before boarding

uncertainty continues
no silence helps

virus more mighty
than gods in politics

don’t know if I can meet
children before the year-end

to celebrate birthday
or continue journey

in flurry living
each day a grace
***


NEW GODS

Meditation --
future uncertainties
beyond crisis

new strains, new virus
villains of the  new order
peeking from windows

create new mantras
for life to continue
envision new gods 
***



Bio-note: Ram Krishna Singh, an Indian English poet, has been writing  for about four decades. A retired   Professor of English  at IIT-ISM in Dhanbad, he has published 46 books, including poetry collections God Too Awaits Light (2017), Growing Within/Desăvârşire lăuntrică  (English/Romanian, 2017), There's No Paradise and Other Selected Poems Tanka & Haiku (2019), Tainted With Prayers/Contaminado con oraciones (English/Spanish, 2019), Silencio: Blanca desconfianza: Silence: White distrust (Spanish/English, 2021), and A Lone Sparrow (English/Arabic, 2021).  More details on https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/R.K._Singh
 

 

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AVALANCHE and CLAY DREAMS translated into Arabic

 

1.

AVALANCHE

 

 Time's wrinking fingers

 trivialise the sun and snow

in a crooked land

 

I see history crippled

with midnight dyspnoea

the green umbrella

 

hosts disaster:

the avalanche waits on its shoulders

the wound opens 

 

--R K Singh

 

قصيدة للشاعر الهندي الحديث
"رام كريشنا سينغ "
بعنوان:
"أرى حكاية كسيحة "
ترجمة مجاهد مصطفى
"أصابع الزمن تجعدنا
تجعل الشمس والثلج أكثر ابتذالا
في أرض ملتوية
ارى حكاية معطلة
مع عسر تنفس الليل
المظلة خضراء
كارثة الضيوف
انهيار ثلجي ينتظر فوق الأكتاف
جرح ينفتح "
 
Translated into Arabic by

Mostapha Moujahid, Casablanca, Morocco

 2.

CLAY DREAMS

 

They make my face 

ugly in my own sight

 

what shall I see in the mirror?

 

there is no beauty

or holiness left

in the naked nation:

 

the streams flow dark

and the hinges of doors moan

politics of corruption

 

I weep for its names

and the faces they deface

with clay dreams

 

--R K Singh

 

أَحلامُ الطِّينِ
-----------
رام كرشنا سينغ (شاعر من الهند)
-------------------------------
إِنَّهمْ يجعلونَ وجهيَ قبيحًا
فِي المشهدِ الخاصِّ بِي
ماذَا سأَرى فِي المرآةِ؟
لَا يوجدُ جمالٌ
أَو قداسةٌ مأْثورةٌ
فِي الأُمَّةِ العاريةِ
تتدفَّقُ الجداولُ سوداءَ
وتئنُّ مفاصلُ الأَبوابِ
مِن سياساتِ الفسادِ
إِنَّني أَبكي لأَجلِ أَسمائها
والوجوهِ الَّتي يشوِّهونَها
بأَحلامِ الطِّينِ
----------------------------
ترجمةُ: د. محمَّد حِلمي الرِّيشة
Translated into Arabic by
: Dr. Mohamed Helmy Badminton, Palestine

 

 

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Saturday, May 01, 2021

My Poems translated into Chinese

 










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