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Kõige Ilvem Maa - by Andres Ehin

{ Poem }

Ülemöödunud aastasajal panid hundid siin
/ igal aastal nahka kaks tuhat viissada inimest.
/
/ Naisedki kandsid vöö vahel väikesi kirveid.
/ Nad alid niisama täpsed kirveloopijad
/ kui…

Schweigen, ein Ort… - by Esther Kinsky

{ Poem }

Schweigen, ein Ort.
/ Ort zwischen Kehle und Herz,
/ wo der Laut
/ steigt bricht und stirbt,
/ wo wir die Toten
/ betten unter die weißen
/ Steine des Zungenbands
/ und…

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…

Kratka je bila - by Milan Jesih

{ Poem }

Kratka je bila
/ noč,
/ dan jo je
/ malo podaljšal.

Za vselej… - by Milan Jesih

{ Poem }

Za vselej je zastal otrok pred hišo
/ in naglo stekel proč – za vselej, deček.
/ Odrastel bo, vzhrumel in se utišal,
/ potoval, ljubil,…

A’Siubhal an Rathaid / Traivelin the Road - by Rody Gorman

{ Poem }

Bidh mi siubhal an rathaid
/ Ah traivel the road by caur
/ Nam charbad san uisge mhìn
/ In the daggy smirr
/ Agus tusa togail ceann…

An Sneachda mun a’ Chuilitheann / The Snow in the Cuillin - by Rody Gorman

{ Poem }

Tha fuachd mu do chridhe
/ Mar an sneachd mun a’ Chuilitheann
/ Ach gu bheil e air tòiseachadh
/ Air leaghadh is leaghadh
/ A-nisd agus an…

Lanarkshire - by Matthew Fitt

{ Poem }

your voice is the souch o the wind throu birks
/ your voice is the breath of the wind through birches
/
/ your…

cân ym mhen draw’r byd - by Mererid Puw Davies

{ Poem }

Penn-ar-Bed
/
/ dyma’r traeth ar derfyn y byd
/ dyma dir y môr
/
/ llwyfan tu draw i’r twyni
/ lle gwefreiddia’r gwynt
/ lle terfysga’r tonnau
/ lle na…

Būt suņa Dzīvoklim - by Andres Ehin

{ Poem }

būt suņa dzīvoklim ar trim rejošām istabām
/ ar sprauslājošu vannas istabu
/ kur pil aukstu slienu
/ un karstu siekalu krāni
/
/ suņa dzīvoklis ar grīdām
/ kas kauc…

Into the Ebony Darkness! - by Asko Künnap

{ Poem }

In a café pattering with rain
/ on the embankment in Ljubljana,
/ against a backdrop of sad tin dragons,
/ on each side of a…

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