Zawgyi and Invisibility by Burmese Poet Zawgyi
Zawgyi and Invisibility
On the marionette stage
a zawgyi with a wand
how he leaps and soars
watching his antics
I despair
Super art invisibility
the power to make your body disappear
I dread invisibility
I fear you will next have your mind disappear
Translated by Maung Tha Noe
[ Zawgyi, from which the poet takes his pen name, is a puppet, a representation of an accomplished alchemist-magician, a super wizard, who can fly through the air and make himself invisible. The belief comes from vidyadhar of the Indian epic Mahabharata.]
On the marionette stage
a zawgyi with a wand
how he leaps and soars
watching his antics
I despair
Super art invisibility
the power to make your body disappear
I dread invisibility
I fear you will next have your mind disappear
Translated by Maung Tha Noe
[ Zawgyi, from which the poet takes his pen name, is a puppet, a representation of an accomplished alchemist-magician, a super wizard, who can fly through the air and make himself invisible. The belief comes from vidyadhar of the Indian epic Mahabharata.]
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