Manjit Handa

february– pining pines scent of snow

nights are an infinite stretch of quiet in the cold Canadian north; you can almost hear the whir of earth revolving on its axis as if the snow was the sum total of all that churning

यह जो भरकर यहां लाया गया है इस ज़र्फ़ बर्तन तक, उजी दरिया का पानी महकता है पहाड़ी गुलाबों सा | (The Original) Scooped up And brought here to this pot, The water from Uji River Has the fragrance Of mountain roses.