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Czech

Alphabet - by Miroslav Holub

{ Poem }

Ten million years
/ from the Miocene
/ to the primary school in Ječná Street.
/
/ We know everything
/ from a to z.
/
/ But sometimes the finger stops
/ in…

Nagu kellal… - by Doris Kareva

{ Poem }

Nagu kellal on tila,
/ nagu trummil on nui,
/ nõnda oled mul Sina.
/ Muidu ei saakski kui.
/
/ Elul on õige kõla,
/ heldeväeline hääl,
/ kui Sa üksi ei…

Sa võtad… - by Doris Kareva

{ Poem }

Sa võtad mu lahti kui raamatu
/ bibliofiil,
/ loed, lehitsed, loed,
/ ja ma tunnen suurt uhkust ja mõnu.
/
/ Sa tead mind peast –
/ sellepärast just…

The Baxter’s Van - by Matthew Fitt

{ Poem }

he could thole the skelfs o steel, shairp an wee,
/ shot throu his craig, his kist, his saft dern thairm
/ – he…

złożenie Chrystusa do grobu, olej, płótno - by Jakub Ekier

{ Poem }

jedno po drugim oglądamy ich
/ którzy trzymają przebitego w świetle
/ trzymają jakby chcieli zapamiętać
/ bo my zapomnimy wszystko
/ na śmierć
/
/ wszystko na śmierć
/
/ jedno po drugim
/ w…

Večer cloumal světlem… - by Petr Borkovec

{ Poem }

Večer cloumal světlem. Do deště se dalo.
/ Skrz chodníky, leskem, peklo prosvítalo.
/
/ Dobráčtí a něžní, jako u Lady,
/ čerti rozkládali svoje poklady.
/
/ Nad lampami…

Gauč - by Petr Borkovec

{ Poem }

Když jsem se dozvěděla, že Jiří umřel
/ (z Karlových Varů přišly dva telegramy,
/ jeden, že nežije, druhý, že je po pitvě),
/ nevím jak,…

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