“Sārī Nazmeñ” by Zeeshan Sahil (1961 – 2008)

Translated by Usama Zakir

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11407465

Abstract:

Zeeshan Sahil’s poetic ecosphere carries symptoms of posthuman incorporations of Derridean interpretation of a bio-semiotic dance of life and contemporary theoretical trends of planetary consciousness. (Derrida The Animal 89) In an attempt to unravel Zeeshan Sahil’s meticulous culmination of an ecosphere that echoes oscillatory connectivity amongst all cosmic entities, it may help to understand both theoretical tendencies that tie the discourse together. In the end, a short demonstrative sample of Zeeshan Sahil’s poetry in English translation will be presented to facilitate a crystallized comprehension of an idiosyncratically patterned poetic ecosphere painted with echoes elicited from a biosemiotics medium of articulatory inter-species communication.

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Usama Zakir is a passionate poet who deeply loves translation. He is also the founder of @Aexiles, an Instagram blog of Indian Poetry in English Translation that currently features translations of over 25 Urdu and Hindi poets. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia. His areas of interest include Islamic philosophical thought, the contemporary logic of Arab cultural production, the soundscape of Urdu literature and many more intriguing wonders of life and living. As a learner cum teacher, he is undergoing transformation and awaiting emergence.

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