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A’ Siubhal nam Blàth - by Ruaraidh MacThòmais
Derick Thomson

{ Poem }

Seillean
/ dian, dùrachdach
/ a’ siubhal nam blàth
/ mar a bhà
/ ann an Àird nam Murchan
/ o chionn dà cheud bliadhna gu leth
/ agus an dubh-Mhùideartach
/ ga dhian-amharc,
/ agus…

Winter Piece - by Harry Martinson

{ Poem }

Delicate ermine tracks
/ cross lightly
/ in eights on the winter snow
/ there where a hidden ice-brook with its white fur roof
/ winds forward,
/ there where…

Thor Heyerdahls mor - by Jan Erik Vold

{ Poem }

Thor Heyerdahl, en traust
/ og stillferdig
/ nordmann, som tenkte
/ sitt og ville
/
/ finne
/ ut om det
/ stemte – så han bygde seg en flåte
/ av balsa
/
/ på de…

ΟΔΙΚΟΣ ΧΑΡΤΗΣ - by Niki Marangou

{ Poem }

Βλέποντας τον οδικό χάρτη
/ Λευκωσίας και προαστίων
/ η οδός Fuat Paşa τελειώνει στην Δίωνος και Ιασίου
/ η Defne Yüksel στην Λάμπρου…

ZIEMEĻOS - by Inga Abele

{ Poem }

Rieta gaisma ziemeļos atnāk aveņsārta un tikla. Uzliesmo
/ cilvēku silueti uz krustcelēm, klusās sarunās svinēdami vienīgo
/ autobusu uz Rīgu. Iekuras māla…

The Moon on the Road - by Mang Ke

{ Poem }

The moon walks me home.
I want to carry her into tomorrow.
All the way in this silent calm…

Esej - by Semezdin Mehmedinović

{ Poem }

Zaslužuje pjesmu ova večernja šetnja.
/ Svjetlucanje aviona nad predgrađem
/ Dok u plavičastu tamu tone.
/ Varničenje žica nad trolejbusom.
/ Jedna je žena izgubila naušnicu
/ Sad se…

Cruaidh? - by Ruaraidh MacThòmais
Derick Thomson

{ Poem }

Cuil-lodair, is Briseadh na h-Eaglaise,
/ is briseadh nan tacannan –
/ lamhachas-làidir dà thrian de ar comas;
/ ‘se seòltachd tha dhìth oirinn.
/ Nuair a…

Achmhasan an Deideidh, a Deudach Dhomhnuill Fhriseal - by Uilleam Ros
William Ross

{ Poem }

Mìle marbhaisg ort, a dhèideidh,
/ Thar gach galair,
/ ‘S duilich leam mar dh’fhàg thu m’ eudail…

‘An Iranian professor I know asked me…’ - by Mimi Khalvati

{ Poem }

An Iranian professor I know asked me
/ the first time we met, as he’d asked so many
/ students:…

Sărbători - by Ioana Ieronim

{ Poem }

Iarna şi primăvara, de sărbători circulau mici pachete în Transilvania; o pereche de şosete împletite, mănuşi din resturi de lână,…

from Malli i Shqiperise - by Ismail Kadare

{ Poem }

Te shkoj dua mbremjes ne rruget e Tiranes,
/ Ku kam bere dikur ndonje marrezi,
/ Dhe ne rruget ku skam bere asnje marrezi.
/ Me…

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