Jabborwocky Jabarkhaki -- A Bengali article on Satyajit Ray's translation of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky; by Anirban Roy (Parabaas

BFcA@ BcZA@

~AScH 

UFq @FU-j  F UA@e -j ~FAU ~ cUaS A@Av  w\ @ @ @ZS sS ~STS b@ AaU ~S-cA | ZS j@v vAcU R j@ZS cq  @ Z ~FAU ~ Ug TU  S | cqv vS AS  RUv d @  | ~AcArF ZAS@v q cqv  Z  | S Zq c  @f | "@f j@ gK UZ BAS S," cU ~FAU |

~U cFv AaU @f, ~FAU cqv sZS ZUAaU ZS a AaU j@v @Ac BFcRA@ |  @Ac ~S TS oU B  | ~FAU Tv v BS S |  @f @ sS  T j@v cAXo ZU s | ~S TS wv @Acv oq v B  s | ~ ~FAUR wwA  d @

JaBBERWOcKY

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
...

  ~FAU cU, "gA ^ c cI r !" RT ! r @S c | jq  @TS B ceU BFcRA@@ BcZA@ ST ~Sc @AaUS FABl  -- ~ v T @Ar AaU J ~ gK TZoF A ^r An@ T cK/O eZF |

~S@ ~S@ AS  jq ~Sc e@AU a FABl   cJo W AT-j] -~Sc  TS Oqa  ! Oqcq | U ~ A S | jc  U s@ q Bc @Ac BcZA@ s TkU ~a Rq BFcRA@ |

AcA\UAw ~ ArJU s vc
wUTAwA @a g-j o
~ s c ATT cwc
TT wcwAc T |
....

A@ ! r UwU ! @AiS UwU ! ~ha, c@  A cU @  BFcRA@ ceU BcZA@ a ~SF A@a  ! R c ? j@BS @aS BcBf | ~T S-^ | @TS BcBe i@a | BFcRA@ BcZA@ | jTS oAST, oSFLf B TU S | sc A,   gAc, cq ~T AU A J-wU a wS wq qha @ | ~ o A@ Rq BcZA@ SA@ ! oSFLf ~R ~S@ ~a | jq sTS --

cFmFO cJaFJO
AcA\Uw AcA\UAw
TTF TT
wUAe wUA
Am@-mF@ AS@ AAS@

cF s c^  cJ c  ~ ~EOs @f | mFO @ aFJO | OTl@ |  ATU cJaFJO | j a ~ A@a   S | U-Bcc |

j  ! c gU  wa | cUq AS s TeT a FABl  @UT TeAT ; qAUe AUAAU; w AwTcU wUTAwA | ~ha, wUT A@ AAS Rq s UT A @ cU --  TZ @ AaAS jS rAS U cA AaS BcZA@ ! @ BS | ~, Rq sZS UT jq jZAS    W, ZJB ov Tav ZS A@  AcA\UAw  s ? AcA\U @ AcA\UAw ! Rq @@ A\UAw ! sZS@ @, j@v AcK @S gU Sq | gU @ AAS s gA U cASsaS  H aS ASEO TAv ASc s^ ZA @ | U   s ~ATUq @@ ~cUcU UZ  BA TU g | ~T  ~cR qha @ J wU a  wS B Aq |

~U SSS c ~cUcU OSq r |  gK^, TkU TBB-TAB@ ~SkA gKSf U R Zc j@v B @B S | FABl  jq ~oF oS @US @f @ jq j@ Tm r | ~B sA AAS ~T ToF rf AB @S c ASEO J@ jq AOAiv  rST :

rXomK,

~T Zc BS qha @ UFq @FU ~S@ @Ac g @ ~AS @S Rq BFcRA@@q ca ASUS ~Sc BSF | jq ~cUcU @AcAv A@  rN aAc A ~S TS ~@KH @AaU ? TS @A AAaU @T  @S @Ac ? BFcRA@ ASB A@ ~S@ AS AwAaU PnU@FS TZoF @a c ceU @ ~ Bw ! ~T gA BS qha @ @fgc ~SAH AaUS ~AS jq BFcRA@ ~Sc @ ? @AS UwAaU T ? ~AS s Rq g, wcwAc, WUAO, AUAAU, OT@ rN cFc @aS, R pA @US @fgc ! vTvT vf@ @OS vTv wa | vTv@ aS A@ vTv @ ? A@ cAU Ar v-j ceU ~AS @SAS |  S  U cAU (c AUAZ) ~F, ~FB qS A v A mv anv ~AS a AaS | (sA ~o S SS  cAU, jq anv OTl@ ceU @aS B^ OMof : JA ~a ~TS q AO^ T AS | jce ~EOs, ~A ~EOs, B^ OMofR ~S T cFmFO@ @aS cJ-aFJO, gU @ gA U | q sS gccS S, RJ  ~S US @Aa | TvR S |) ~S ~Sc sZS A ~T J-TZ c^  S |

~S ~S@v T ASUT | TBS @cS |

i@ ~STA AS jZS BFcRA@ @ -Ov @  AS Oq |

~SB gqcS ~S^S r UFq @FU (ZS ~crF AAS @FU SAS) -UZ An@ c @S | jTSq j@ An@ ATTF (Mischmasch) -j cAAaU BFcRA@ T mc@Av | @FU  ArST AAaUS Stanza of Anglo-Saxon Poetry | @Ac  AaU @FU-@p rN-cFZFS | sTS --
Bryllyg ( derived from the verb to BRYL or BROIL)
"the time of broiling dinner, i.e. the close of the afternoon."
Mimsy (whence MIMSERaBLE and MSERaBLE). " Unhappy."
Barogove.an extrict kind of Parrot. They had no wings, beaks turned up, and made their nests under sundials: lived on veal.
Mome (hence SOLEMOME, SOLEMONE and SOLEMN). "Grave."

 US UFq @FU qAv mA  1969-j | qAv J An@ ST ZS BFcRA@ | qAv TZn ST cFmFO |

BFcRA@ rN/rNha AS cf@U UZ a @\AcS c Fw\ | -j@Av STS :

"The Jabberwocky Thrust." Maxwell Grant -- j@Av U@ ZS  |  Tp r  @ Z s  ZU ~FAU qS RUF | ZAS@ o BSF w^ BFcRA@ @Acv cFc @AaU |

"Mimsy were the Borogoves." Lewis Podgett -- jq @\AcS @ASfAv ZS a @fgc ~wTfAS gK @ BFcRA@ rNU f@  ia |

"Night of the Jabberwock." Fredric Brown -- jq @\AcS @ASf j@BS @FUTf ~Acy @aS -- gU N ST j@ Hwf U kn -- s @FU @A-@ASf Tvq TSw S ce ~SF j@ cmc Bw AccH |

Published October 30, 2002

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