The Song of the Blue Night
“I have painted/ The whole sky/ With coloured dust/ As you are coming.” Weekend poem, by Umakanta Mohapatra. Translated from Odia by Bibhudatta Mohanty.
Read MoreUmakanta Mohapatra is regarded as one of the leading contemporary writers in Odia (also known as Oriya, a language with a rich literary history). He has published eight volumes of poetry.
“I have painted/ The whole sky/ With coloured dust/ As you are coming.” Weekend poem, by Umakanta Mohapatra. Translated from Odia by Bibhudatta Mohanty.
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