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Living in Language

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  Living in Language brings together reflections on the craft and purpose of poetry, by 21 leading poets from around the world. Living in Language: International reflections for the practising poet The Poetry Translation Centre’s groundbreaking anthology of lyric essays, fragments, letters and new poems from 21 poets from around the world. All three authors will read poems and excerpts of their contributions to  Living in Language , leading to a conversation chaired by Erica Hesketh, the editor of the anthology and Director of the Poetry Translation Centre. Living in Language: World Poetry Day with Brian Holton, Yang Lian & Mohan Rana Event:  https://web.archive.org/web/20240226134142/https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/living-in-language/   ISBN: 9781739894856 Publication date: 7 March 2024 Price: £15 Pages: 188pp Size: 216x138mm   This World Poetry Day , we’re thrilled to launch Living in Language , the Poetry Translation Centre’s groun...
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Year 2022

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The Cartographer : नक़्शानवीस

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  The Cartographer नक़्शानवीस [ Poetry collection ] Published By : The Poetry Translation Centre London Published November 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9161141-4-2 "What gives Rana’s poetry its magnetic quality is that, despite its philosophical profundity, his work is vividly accessible." -Lucy Rosenstein Mohan Rana’s intricate metaphysical poems are subtle, like water they define through transparency. His poems undertake the deceptively simple process of understanding things as they are, in their ordinary brilliance. This selection of profound, contemplative verse – so often concerned with memory and time – is an excellent introduction to one of Hindi poetry’s most enthralling voices. With an afterword by Alison Brackenbury ------------------- Available to buy : https://www.poetrytranslation.org/shop/the-cartographer    
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Poem translated from Hindi to Bengali

कविता  - खोए बच्चों के नाम Poem 'Khoye Bachchon ke Naam' A poem translated from Hindi into Bengali. Translation  by Preetha Roy Chowdhury
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Out of the womb -गर्भ से बाहर

Let me write something in the dark with ink For a new birth in the world of light that can be read, Poetry has to cut  mother tongue's umbilical cord Stanza extract [Out of the womb] from 'Ret ka Pul' 2012 © Mohan Rana कुछ लिख दूँ अँधेरे में स्याही से जो पढ़ा जा सके रोशनी की दुनिया में एक नये जनम के लिए , कविता को काटनी है भाखा की गर्भनाल काव्य अंश [गर्भ से बाहर] 'रेत का पुल' ;  2012, संग्रह से © मोहन राणा
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As the Past Approaches

As the past approached, the future, even when you've lived it, remains to be seen. Behind that door there is life. But guess! Out or in? This side or the other? Closed or open? Who's waiting for me there? Who am I waiting for? I have still to discover. One foot forward, one backward. The truth is neither key nor lock. 2005 Translation from Hindi  Lucy Rosenstein, Bernard O’Donoghue From  Chapbook  "POEMS" Published by Poetry Translation Centre , London ; 2011 Selected from poetry collection " Patthar Ho Jaayegii Nadii",  Stone-River ; 2007 © 2020   Mohan Rana आता हुआ अतीत    आता हुआ अतीत, भविष्य जिसे जीते हुए भी अभी जानना बाक़ी है दरवाज़े के परे ज़िंदगी है, और अटकल लगी है मन में कि बाहर या भीतर इस तरफ़ या उधर यह बंद है या खुला ! किसे है प्रतीक्षा वहाँ मेरी किसकी है प्रतीक्षा मुझे अभी जानना बाक़ी है एक कदम आगे एक कदम छूटता है पीछे सच ना चाबी है ना ही ताला (पत्थर हो जाएगी नदी, 2007) ...
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