Teifigh
Ar an taobh eile den ghrianghraf
scríobhaimse chun a mheabhrú dom féin
ní cén áit is cathain ach cé atá ann
Nílimse sa ghrianghraf
Fágadh sinn gan faic na ngrást
le tabhairt linn
An grianghraf seo amháin
Iompaigh é agus feicfidh tú mé
An tusa atá sa ghrianghraf sin, fiafraítear díom
Níl fhios agam cad is ceart a rá
(Irish version: Gabriel Rosenstock)
Refugees
By Yiorgos Chouliaras
On the other side
of the photograph I write to remind myself
not where and when but who
I am not in the photograph
They left us nothing
to take with us
Only this photograph
If you turn it over you will see me
Is that you in the photograph, they ask me
I don’t know what to tell you
Translated from Greek by David Mason and the author