{"id":4193,"date":"2026-04-24T01:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axis-v.com\/?p=4193"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:18:03","slug":"sound-has-burned-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/axis-v.com\/en\/sound-has-burned-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sound Has Burned Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Sound poetry. The original Ukrainian text operates through phonetic texture \u2013 onomatopoeia, alliteration, invented sonic compounds \u2013 which cannot be directly translated. This is an approximate rendering that attempts to preserve the acoustic logic rather than the literal meaning.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sh-sh-silk shushes: \u201csy-li-lyum\u2026 si-la\u2026\u201d<br>Ding-dong \u2014 the purling pupil of nil.<br>Br-r-um \u2014 the drums wander within me,<br>Lu-lu-lure \u2014 an echo tickles in the silence-blue.<br><br>Tr-r-trembles the cane: it touched \u2014 weaves a shadow,<br>Velvet \u2014 velveteens the mute deep.<br>Ph-ph-flutes flutter \u2014 fluid-fluid,<br>Clot-inflorescence coils the singing-ice.<br><br>Zh-zh \u2014 heat-womb, yellow-play-slag, sinewy life,<br>Sil-silver sifts: s-s \u2014 the core of being\u2019s dreams.<br>Click \u2014 the circle calls, through the cradle-ring,<br>Pulse-pearly flows, refracting the canvas.<br><br>Sss \u2014 sifting stillness sings without an \u201cI\u201d,<br>No-no-nil \u2014 naming goes numb, the name passes by.<br>Breeze-azure, shimmer-shimmers my world \u2014<br>I am \u2014 and am \u2014 and am \u2014 without beginning, without years.<br><em><br>The sound has burned out. 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