Poetry · Issue 12: Diaspora Currents

Litmus

लिटमस

ह्या ब्युरेटच्या तोटीशी
मी एक अविरत शून्य बुडबुडा
तुझे प्रत्येक टायट्रेशन चुकणार
कारण मी क्षणाक्षणाला वाढतोय 
कणाकणाने 
तुझ्या डोळ्यांकडे

तुझ्या निळ्या डोळ्यांचा
लिटमस लाल झाला

- डॉ शिरीष गोपाळ देशपांडे

Litmus

I am but an inconspicuous bubble
at the tip of this burette
failing all your titrations
as I grow
towards your eyes
speck by speck

turning the litmus blue of your eyes
into scarlet

Translated by Narendra Petkar

Published in Issue 12 · April 2019

Diaspora Currents

Broad international cohort of fiction, poetry, and book reviews from emerging voices.

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This work appears in Issue 12 by S. G. Deshpande and Narendrap.