Poetry

Five poems about loneliness and sadness by Amalia Guglielminetti

The Elegy & Other Poemsβ€” Amalia Guglielminetti

Translated from the Italian by Alani Hicks-BartlettΒ  Β  The ElegyΒ  I will sing the elegy of the heart that never sleeps:my rhythm is uniform, my voice monotonous. It is the gathered nocturnal voice of…...

The Dreams of Scipioβ€” A Spanish poem by Luis Cruz

Translated from the Spanish by James StorbakkenΒ  I imagined,Yes, I imagined I was in a temple whereEverything known fit perfectly into its place. Each object against anotherIn essence, sweat, pestilence, and vileness;The pure and the virtues…...
A Spanish poem by Pedro Licona

A Spirit Mystified Within Its Own Labyrinthβ€” Pedro Licona

Translated from the Spanish by James Storbakken Ahead, a long line of wayward shadowsAnd the house with all the lights on:A ghost haunts this place.Nobody is breathing in the house. And someone is floating within the…...

Dreamless Nights & Other Poemsβ€” Rajathi Salma

Translated from the Tamil by Deepalakshmi J Dreamless NightsΒ  The nights are getting barren,difficult to tolerate for more than a few days or a weekThe heart craves a memory, good or bad; to rejoice or…...

Realization & Other Poemsβ€” Shrikant Verma

Translated from the Hindi by Purbasha RoyΒ  RealizationΒ  Far in that dark, there's something that clangsmaybe, it is the peepal. There, on the river shores, someone sleepsmaybe, it is a journey. Some lamp child wakes night…...
Five Bulgarian poems by Blagovesta Pugyova

Five Bulgarian Poems by Blagovesta Pugyova

Translated from the Bulgarian by Eireene Nealand The WaterbearerΒ  The waterbearer walked by unnoticedbecause no one saw beyond their own water. In the new era, people lived in aquariumsProtected from one another, and from warthey sold…...
A German poem by Martin Heidegger

Lonelinessβ€” A German Poem by Martin Heidegger

Translated from the German by Eric v.d. LuftΒ  LonelinessΒ  Dull green light swims around the books,Outside, angels spread shrouds.It's snowing. Bustling in the furnace, a buzzing, a crackling,Tick-tock clock sleeps. Winds whisper.It's snowing. Haggard shapes that…...
Three epigrams of Martial in Latin

Three poems from Martial (I:1, VI:60 and X:35)

It is an important occasion for all of us atΒ The AntonymΒ today. It is theΒ International Translation Day! To mark this occasion, we have been celebrating Translation Month throughout the month of September. As a part…...
Five Ogoni poems by Bura-Bari Nwilo

Ogoni Oil & Other Poemsβ€” Bura-Bari Nwilo

Self-translated from the Ogoni by Bura-Bari Nwilo Ogoni OilΒ  Ogoni Oil has a name.Its name is blood.The blood is fiercely hot.The blood flows like a river,the blood of infants and adults,of the rich and…...