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re-retired poet
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lesbian, any/all. trying to replicate what twt was on here.
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my dad sent me this couplet in 2016, which i have been thinking about a lot. (the original is from a 7th century hymn by Appar, each English verse is a possible translation)
Meena Kandasamy We are Not the Citizens நாமார்க்குங் குடியல்லோம் நமனை யஞ்சோம் நரகத்தி லிடர்ப்படோம்நடலை யில்லோம் naamaarkum kudiyallom, namanai anjom naragathil idar padom, nadalai illom We are not the subjects of anyone We do not fear the god of death We shall not suffer, were we to end in hell We’ve no deception, we’ve no illusions. naamaarkum kudiyallom, namanai anjom naragathil idar padom, nadalai illom Nobody’s citizens and nobody’s slaves Fearless of lynchings and beheadings Unscathed by the torrent of hell-fires We do not tremble at certain death. naamaarkum kudiyallom, namanai anjom naragathil idar padom, nadalai illom As people, we refuse to be ruled As people, we refuse to die As people, we refuse to suffer As people, we refuse to be deceived. naamaarkum kudiyallom, namanai anjom naragathil idar padom, nadalai illom (After the Thevaram, as sung by Appar Thirunavukkarasar) Notes: 1. “Naamaarkum kudiyallom, namanai anjomnaragathil idar padom, nadalai illom” are lines from the classic Tamil poetry of the Bhakti poet Thirunavukkarasar (Appar), who was persecuted for his faith in Shaivism by Mahendravarman, the Jain Pallava emperor . It’s widely believed that these lines were sung when efforts were made to arrest him and produce him in Mahendravarman’s court. Because the seventh century Tamil of Appar is still in use — and at the same time, some words have fallen out of the everyday vocabulary — it opens up to all of these renderings, all of these translations. This declaration, that we are not citizens/subjects, is a radical slogan to throw in the face of the state. In today’s world, rife with the refugee crisis, these words resonate. They encapsulate the people’s rejection of a state and, closer home, brings to mind the poet/writer’s disowning her/ his association with a state. 2. This poem is a rendering in the form of an independent poem. The initial lines are word-for-word, but later, the poem begins to convey the spirit without taking away from the meani…
July 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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If you want to know why I drip with disgust about these companies it’s because I love technology and I hate them for what they’ve done to the computer. It has never been perfect, but four or five companies decided that it had to be this bad, and they should be treated like war criminals for it.
June 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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May 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM