Rezauddin Stalin

Theory of Relativity

Head is a kind of promise
Where the spaceship resides
And a museum of emptiness is built with skull,
Displayed the prehistoric skeletal

And Stone Age of snow

The stars engraved in volcanic stone
The rocky sky-plants
Carthage lies on the crest of sea waves

The human effigy is recognizable
In the flare of blood
Death is relative and it is proved and drawn
As thesis on the legs of cockroach

After every Great War
A renowned museum was built
And was inaugurated by Herr Einstein

Translated by Ashraf Chowdhury

The Paper Castle

Did Kafka know an innocent will be hanged for staring at the beauty of a fort?
Who does not know that most of the convicts of the world are innocent?
In fact, the poet, a man who is worshipper of beauty
The ruler has castle for weapons
And the poet has the paper

The imperial soldiers fight for death
And the army of syllables of a poet hopes a victory

The castle of power is confused by arms and ammunitions
The essence of emptiness
And the paper castle are the droplets of syllables with love of bonfire

Translated by Ashraf Chowdhury

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