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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Zawgyi

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.]

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