Hi Cynthia - the poem's original language is English.

I've just added a scan of a handwritten translation into Bengali, done by Saleh Uddin Talukdar and Afia Begum during a workshop - but unfortunately not sure if it's legible - I thought we'd be able to click on the image to open it bigger in a new window, but I don't think that happens.

During the workshop there was lots of discussion about the layers of images in Carol's poem; the connotations of the "chaste, virgin, untouched" imagery and the way it's connected with snow and whiteness; and the idea of the bricks, and how to translate the idea of something that is at once structured, and also muddled.

What language was this in originally? And where is the 'word for word'? I don't want to make changes that simply rework a fellow English translator's efforts. Or is this the 'purist' original, adhering closely to the arrangement of the first language, keeping the idea as intact as possible?

What am I missing? I cannot access Version 2 to make any changes. I had no problem with the prior poem.