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AFTER
THE FIRE
The
Poet of the Plateau
by Soma AMRITAH
FIRST WORK :
This volume represents the first
translation into the English language of Amritah's earliest poetic
work. 'After the Fire' , that was written in 1995 and
published one year later by the Darius Press. It is, just
like 'Out of these Eyes' and 'The Lost Verse', a poem
that tells a story at the same time as casting a spell over us
with its simple yet effective rhythm of verse. It is a very mature
work for his first foray into poetry, and in it one can already
detect some of the themes that will make an appearance in his
later work. The translators of this work have expressed the hope
that with very the different vocabulary of the English language
they may have been able to communicate, even if not perfectly,
the essential nature of the thoughts contained within 'After
the Fire', a work that bristles with as much inspiration as his
later works, and undoubtedly with just as much of his spirit.
Magical Reading.
STRUCTURE :
Here are the name of its stages
and sections in their literary order:
Prologue (At the Beginning)
Before the Fire - I CAN
STAY NO MORE EACH YEAR HE CAME I FOLLOW YOUR
STEPS
The Poet of the Plateau - TO A HALT WE CAME
THEY THERE WERE THE POET OF THE PLATEAU A
CLOUD HAD PASSED THE WEDDING FEAST CANTUS, CANTUS,
CANTEI THE BANQUETEERS
After the Fire - AFTER THE FIRE THE NAME
OF YOUR SOUL YOU CANNOT POSSESS THE SUN THE FUTURE
OF A DREAM
Gone from Here - YOU DO NOT NEED WHAT KIND
OF A MAN? WITHIN THE FLAMES I WALK AWAY
DO NOT RETURN I HAD BEEN BLIND
Epilogue (In the End)
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