Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation Shortlist
2nd February
The Sarah Maguire Prize celebrates the best of modern poetry and showcases a range of different translation methodologies highlighting excellence in literary translation.
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Introduction
The Poetry Translation Centre gives the best contemporary poems from Africa, Asia and Latin America a new life in the English language, working with diaspora communities for whom poetry is of great importance.
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In Your Own Words & After Midnight by Mohan Rana
24th February
Hindi poetry week: Listen to ‘In Your Own Words’ and ‘After Midnight’ read first in English translation by Bernard O’Donoghue and then in Hindi by Mohan himself.
FREE EVENT - The Sarah Maguire Prize For Poetry in Translation Prizegiving
25th March
Celebrate international poetry, the art of translation and the publishers that bring you the best of both. Join the prizegiving for the inaugural Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation.
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Featured Poem
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The Cartographer
Between the lines it’s you,
absent, but a silent presence
just as the rain is absent in the passing clouds.
There you are, absent, in every empty space
of life.…नक़्शानवीस
पंक्तियों के बीच अनुपस्थित हो
तुम एक ख़ामोश पहचान
जैसे भटकते बादलों में अनुपस्थित बारिश,
तुम अनुपस्थित हो जीवन के हर रिक्त स्थान में
समय के अंतराल में
इन आतंकित गलियों में ।
मैं देखता नहीं किसी खिड़की की ओर
रुकता नहीं किसी दरवाज़े के सामने
देखता नहीं घड़ी…
The Cartographer
Original poem by
Translated by
Bridge translation by