I’m obsessed with this Nazrul song. I’m at a loss on how to translate it. হারানো হিয়ার নিকুঞ্জপথেIn the bower-path of a lost life কুড়াই ঝরা ফুল একেলা আমি।I collect fallen petals by myself. তুমি কেন হায় আসিলে হেথায়Why did you, alas, come here সুখের স্বরগ হইতে নামি।।Descending from a heaven of pleasure? চারিপাশে মোরContinue reading “Translation: হারানো হিয়ার নিকুঞ্জপথে”
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Translation: নহে নহে প্রিয় এ নয় আঁখি-জল
Nazrul Geeti. No, no, my love, these are not tears you see.Sleep, only sleep, has dimmed the kohl of my eyes.At the pale break of night you watch the dewlie on the lotus leaf, and you supposethe flower has blossomed out of grief.This is no more than a winter cloudbrushed by a false and treacherousContinue reading “Translation: নহে নহে প্রিয় এ নয় আঁখি-জল”
Orpheus: A networked functional layer
Whenever I try to explain how a piece of software works, I hit a library whose insides are off-limits. But to understand programming, looking at the libraries is sometimes the most important thing. Let’s say you’re reading Martin Kleppmann’s Designing Data-Intensive Applications. It discusses B-trees and log-structured storage, Bloom filters, consistent hashing, snapshot isolation, vectorContinue reading “Orpheus: A networked functional layer”
Translation: দূর দ্বীপবাসিনী
Nazrul Geeti. Oh maiden from a far-off island, I know you, I know.Stranger from the land of cinnamon, so sweet, soft-spoken.On the calm Pacific sea,through typhoon and the storm,I heard your restless tune.Do you play a wild flute of mountain cane?The woods are washed all over in a spring-gold smile.Deep in the coils of yourContinue reading “Translation: দূর দ্বীপবাসিনী”
Why Leftists Must Focus on Job Creation
An ex-member of Hindutva talks about his experience: There is so much right-wing propaganda because right-wing propaganda outlets are hiring in massive numbers. The Indian right hires “IT cells”, which are exactly what they sound like. Right-wing propaganda paints those crushed by the system as losers. The pressure generated by the system triggers the effectsContinue reading “Why Leftists Must Focus on Job Creation”
Abstraction as Simulation
The external world and the human mind operate by the same physical laws. The functions of the brain like perceiving, reasoning and calculating are done as physical processes. Experiences inherit the mathematical describability of physics: to the extent that natural laws are formulated mathematically, the experiences shaped by the laws are the same. Experiences cannotContinue reading “Abstraction as Simulation”
Translation: বলি, ও আমার গোলাপ-বালা
বলি, ও আমার গোলাপ-বালা, বলি, ও আমার গোলাপ-বালা —I say, oh my rose girl, I say, oh my rose girl– তোলো মুখানি, তোলো মুখানি–কুসুমকুঞ্জ করো আলাLift your head, lift your head–blossom, my dear. বলি, কিসের শরম এত! সখী, কিসের শরম এত!I say, why so shy! My dear, why so shy! সখী, পাতার মাঝারে লুকায়ে মুখানিContinue reading “Translation: বলি, ও আমার গোলাপ-বালা”
The Olympian Language
Update: Draft 2. Added sound changes. Added vocabulary. Olympian is an Indo-European language spoken by the barbarian overlords who ruled Mount Olympus. From there, they launched raids that ravaged the surrounding countryside. Later ages deified them as gods. The name Zeus derives directly from the Olympian word ʒīw, meaning “god”. Olympian is a genderless languageContinue reading “The Olympian Language”
Translation: হে মাধবী
হে মাধবী, দ্বিধা কেন, আসিবে কি ফিরিবে কি–Oh honey vine, why are you anxious? Will he come, will he go— আঙিনাতে বাহিরিতে মন কেন গেল ঠেকি॥In the courtyard, outside the home, the mind stays fixed. বাতাসে লুকায়ে থেকে কে যে তোরে গেছে ডেকে,Hidden in the wind, who has called you? পাতায় পাতায় তোরে পত্র সেContinue reading “Translation: হে মাধবী”
Maonu‑Nū̃n‑Hãhaonō
Update: Draft 2. §I · Hlūðu Iðī mī hlūðu. Oinū aivū ẽ, Mevdtu Eðtō‑ornu‑haorzō̃ anō īz. Hõ anō levdō mearzō īz: Mevdō‑hōɣtōz da Bevdū. Nū̃ tōðu zealũð Zvealō‑maortō, Reazu‑yo Healtõz, hõ heðō̃ eɣ. Vestĩ oinu mīlõ anō mearðu; nezteraō̃ gẽvō̃ anō beðu; mīl‑ū hã‑geavðu; da Mevdtõ mōðīeð: §II · Brezō “Ō Reazu‑yo Gozmō̃, Brōmō Znūðō.Continue reading “Maonu‑Nū̃n‑Hãhaonō”
