CREATIVE TRANSLATION OF POETRY
https://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/can-poetry-be-translated/ As I begin my blog in the capacity of a professional translator, with over 15 years of experience, it needs to be reiterated that Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan is the single most popular and the most revered Hindi poet of India. Apart from a host of literary compositions, his poetic epic "MADHUSHALA"has been an all-time favourite not only with the Indian readership but with the readers of the world, possible only due to the translations in ENGLISH and other languages. Here, the poet chooses to deal with the philosophy of human-life, through the instrument of "MADHUSHALA" (the place where alcohol is served, the English translation for which can be THE HOUSE OF WINE, THE TAVERN, etc). English translations of Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan's poetic epic "MADHUSHALA" have, till date, been, more or less, line-to-line explanations of the poetry in prose form, in English. As it is, translat...