Translations

Four
by Marjolijn van Heemstra
(translated from the Dutch by Rosalind Buck)

My first made it no further than a small / cardboard box, too wet for a grave. The doctor / indicated approximately the head, a ridiculous / beginning, a pinprick, there was no person there / to be seen ...

Three
by Marin Sorescu
(translated from the Romanian by Daniel Nemo)

Let's kill ourselves, I say to my friends, / We communicated so well today, / Got so deep, / We’ll never reach / That kind of joint perfection again / And it’d be a shame to waste the opportunity ...

To Breathe Words in the Woods
by Jila Mossaed
(translated from the Swedish by Brad Harmon)

My language is not that of ice / my language is of sand and flame / my language / is a whisper from strong roots / giving life to the great trees of the desert.

Two
by Marie Lundquist
(translated from the Swedish by Kristina Andersson Bicher)

I go out into the woods. Surrounded by / wooden idols, I recognize myself. / Man’s origins are wood. / That’s where the thirst comes from.

Two
by Iduna Paalman
(translated from the Dutch by Daniel Nemo)

In the city of survivors everything’s put into words / schematically. Sign plates under house numbers / record how much violence has been done, which attempts failed ...

the autobiography between us
by toino dumas
(translated from the French by Arielle Burgdorf)

shadows tell tales / to the moon glow / slow merge / say / say again / say in-between / bacteriogenesis on the surface of the heart / no, never alone / we are written together / between reef and tide ...

A poem
by Fernando Pessoa
(translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Nemo)

Everything’s as sharp as a sunflower in my eyes. / I’m used to walking the roads / Looking left and right / And sometimes looking back ... / And what I see each moment / Is something I've never seen before ...

Three
by Rainer Maria Rilke
(translated from the German by Daniel Nemo)

Almond trees in blossom: all we can / do here is recognize our own earthly appearance / that leaves no trace ...

Homeric Hymn to Helios

(translated from the Ancient Greek by Fortunato Salazar)

a green fish in a green sea / a green fish in the shape / of a rhombus .inconspicuous .and / let’s say home is the yoke / of fetters or better yet ...

L'Alouette
by Daniel Nemo
(translated from the English by Pryscilla Hebel)

Le poète voit l’alouette se consumer / tel un cierge pour les oiseaux disparus. / [Son chant enseigne les mots / pour aimer au dedans / comme au dehors / du poème.] ...

Translations

Fourby Marjolijn van Heemstra​​(translated from the Dutch by Rosalind Buck)

Three​by Marin Sorescu​(translated from the Romanian by Daniel Nemo)

To Breathe Words in the Woodsby Jila Mossaed​(translated from the Swedish by Brad Harmon)

Two​​by Marie Lundquist​(translated from the Swedish by Kristina Andersson Bicher)

Two ​by Iduna Paalman ​(translated from the Dutch by Daniel Nemo)

the autobiography between us​by toino dumas​(translated from the French by Arielle Burgdorf)

A poemby Fernando Pessoa​(translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Nemo)

Three​by Rainer Maria Rilke​(translated from the German by Daniel Nemo)

​Homeric Hymn to Helios​(translated from the Ancient Greek by Fortunato Salazar)

L'Alouette​by Daniel Nemo​(translated from the English by Pryscilla Hebel)