Triveni Journal

1927 | 11,233,916 words

Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....

The Satirist and The Sapper

G. K. G. Joshi            

SERGEI MIKHAILOV
Translated from Russian

G. K. G. JOSHI

The Satirist is like the Sapper, friends,
He mines-and mine I!
The Sapper’s task is to see if there is root
To dig underneath the foe,
To remain undamaged oneself:
But if you have a trembling feel in hands
Quit the job in Sapper troops
Indeed, there are other posts in the world
Well, we will tell, to write in the reward-lists?
Here they follow, also having skill
So that the list can appear without blots!
–From Izvestia

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