Viktor Elpidiforovich Borisov-Musatov

is ciúin é a gcomhchruinniú- taibhsí na bhfómhar a d'imigh tharainn	silently they converge - ghosts of autumns past
ひそやかに 集まる彼ら― 秋の精霊（せい）は過ぎて Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	gaitherin quate lik - ghaists o hairsts langsyne Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Shibata Zeshin (1888)

as a nduibhe is a n-éadóchas - alpann préacháin grian na maidine	in their blackness and despair - crows gobble up the morning sun
黒と悲に― カラス鳴きあぐ 朝陽かな Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	in thayr bleckness an wanhowp - craws gorblin the mornin sin Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Kawase Hasui

soilse na cathrach - na héisc féin táid meallta	city lights - even the fishes are attracted
街あかり 川魚すら 魅惑され Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	ceetie lichts - e'en the fush'r fair taen wi thaim Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Highland superstition)

airgead i do phóca? tabhair croitheadh dó anois! gealach lán	silver in your pocket? shake it now! the moon is full
ポケットに硬貨？ 振ってみなさい 月貨で一杯 Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	siller i the pooch? shak it nou! the muin's fou Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Inoue Yasuji (1864 -1889)

ag tnúth le colainn - scáileanna faoi sholas na gealaí	the longing to become flesh - shadows in moonlight
憧れが 肢体となりぬ 月下の影 Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	this greenin tae becum flaish - sheddaes in muinlicht Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Hokusai

greim grámhar ar dhátphluma lena cholainn go léir - dreoilín teaspaigh	amorous grip of a persimmon with all its body - grasshopper
抱きすくめ 柿に夢中の キリギリス Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	fainly gruppin a persimmon wi aw'ts bouk - cricket Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Patsy Dan Rogers

 

sliabh i nDún na nGall -

orlach ar orlach sciobann sé

aigne an fhile

a mountain in Donegal -

inch by inch it takes away

the poet's mind

William Blake

A Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs to a Gallows
ár n-athair atá ar neamh - cén dath atá ort?	our father     who art in heaven -         what colour are you?
天に創りし 我らが父よ 御身の御色は？ Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	oor faither bidein in heiven - whit colour'r ye? Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht/ Ná triomaíg', ná triomaíg'

File: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Cumadóir: Ludwig van Beethoven

Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht,

Tränen der ewigen Liebe!

Ach, nur dem halbgetrockneten Auge

Wie öde, wie tot die Welt ihm erscheint!

Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht,

Tränen unglücklicher Liebe!

Ná triomaíg', ná triomaíg'

Ná triomaíg’,ná triomaíg’,

Deora an ghrá atá síoraí!

Uch, sa tsúil atá leath-thriomaithe

Nach liath, nach marbh atá an saol!

Ná triomaíg’, ná triomaíg’

Deora an ghrá nach gcomhlíontar!

[ . . .unglücklicher Liebe!/an grá nach gcomhlíontar]

Nikos Engonopoulos

Au rendez-vous Allemand,
an aimsir: beidh do chnámha ag cnagadh inniu ar nós an diabhail	here is the weather: today your bones will rattle like hell
これがお天気 今日　あなたの骨は 地獄のガラガラ音 Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	καιρός σήμερα: τα κόκαλά σου θα τρίζουν κολασμένα Leagan Gréigise: Sarah Thilykou

Chronis Botsoglou

bhí fear ann fadó - de réir a chéile d'iompaigh sé ina phréachán

there once was a man - slowly but surely he turned into a crow

かつては男なり― ゆっくり　確かに カラスになる Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura

ένας άνδρας μια φορά - άργησε, όμως έγινε κοράκι Leagan Gréigise: Sarah Thilykou

El Greco

Golgatá - ní stopann an fhuil ach í á doirteadh de shíor	Golgotha - it never stops the blood never stops flowing
ゴルゴタ― 止むことなし 血が止まることなし Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	Γολγοθάς δεν σταματά το αίμα ποτέ να ρέει Leagan Gréigise: Sarah Thilykou

Spyridon Papanikolaou

bád iascaireachta - scíth seal i bhfarraige gan scíth	fishing boat -     resting awhile         on restless waves
漁り舟     休まぬ波に         休みけり Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	μια ψαρόβαρκα - λίγο ησυχάζει στ΄ ανήσυχα κύματα Sarah Thilykou a dhein an leagan Gréigise

Yuri Shevchuk

 

Max Liebermann

Dune bei Nordwijk mit Kind
dumhcha ina luí go sámh - páiste amháin a thuigfeadh a gcuid rún	dunes lie softly sleeping - only a child can delve into their secrets
砂丘が 穏やかに眠る― 子のみ秘密を掘り得る Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura

Hippolyte Boulenger

 

"L'allée des vieux charmes.
Tervueren", 1871-72

amhrán na mbeitheanna

dóibh féin -

iad féin amháin a chloiseann é

the song of the birches

   to themselves -

      which they alone can hear

Patsaí Dan Mac Ruairí

 

Toraigh -

ní thagann traochadh ar ghaoth ann

ná ar thonn

Tory Island -

   the wind never tires there

      nor the wave

Hans Baluschek

Die Auswandernden
uaireanta ní bhíonn faic eile sa saol ach capall bréige	sometimes     life has little more to offer         than a toy horse
暮しにたまに 玩具の馬より ましなもの Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	sumtimes thare's nae mair tae life nor a playock cuddie Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Hans Thoma

Blick auf die Öd.
an domhan seo againne . . . an raibh sé níos suaite roimh ré na leabhar?	this world of ours . . .     was it more ruffled         before the book was born?
我らが現世（よ） 本　現わるる前 更に乱れしか？ Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	this warl o oors... wis't mair toosilt afore the beuk wis born? Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Trøllkonufingur

Ron Rosenstock

díreoidh sí go deo ar a bhfuil as a raon - méar na caillí

it points forever to what's beyond its reach - the witch's finger

pe veci îndreptat înspre dincolo de el — degetul șișcăi Leagan Rómáinise: Olimpia Iacob

Éanlaith

 

éanlaith 

a chailltear

cé a chuimhníonn orthu?

birds

that have died . . .

who remembers them?

Faroe Islands / Na Scigirí

Ron Rosenstock

níos mó agus níos mó néalta píolótaigh truaillithe ag mearcair

more and more clouds pilot whales contaminated by mercury

nori, tot mai mulți nori— bîntuie mercurul în balena pilot Leagan Rómáinise:Olimpia Iacob

Néalta

Ron Rosenstock

osna ó chroí folamh . . . néalta á mbá ina chéile

a sigh from an empty heart . . . merging of clouds

oftatul unei inimi pustii. . . se-mpreună norii Leagan Romáinise: Olimpia Iacob

Nikolay Dubovskoy

 

déan gairdeas!

tá tús curtha leis -

damhsa an Earraigh

rejoice!

    it has begun -

      the dance of Spring

Max Liebermann

 

canann lon -

fuaimníonn na nótaí pas beag

uas-mheánaicmeach

a blackbird sings - 

the notes sound slighty

upper-middle class

Samhradh in Siam

 

Summer In Siam

When it's Summer in Siam

And the moon is full of rainbows

When it's Summer in Siam

And we go through many changes

When it's Summer in Siam

Then all I really know

Is that I truly am

In the Summer in Siam

Samhradh in Siam

Agus samhradh in Siam

Is an ré ’na bogha ceatha

Agus samhradh in Siam

Nuair a athraíonn cúrsaí reatha

Agus samhradh in Siam

Is léir dom mé bheith ann

Agus is cuma leam

Ó sa samhradh in Siam

Ó sa samhradh in Siam

Ó sa samhradh in Siam

 

 

Agus samhradh in Siam

Is an ré ’na bogha ceatha

Agus samhradh in Siam

Nuair a athraíonn cúrsaí reatha

Agus samhradh in Siam

Is léir dom mé bheith ann

Agus is cuma leam

Ó sa samhradh in Siam

Ó sa samhradh in Siam

Ó sa samhradh in Siam

Hans am Ende

Birken am Moorgraben, 1896
dá mba ór iad na duilleoga thabharfadh sé uaidh iad - cá bhfuil Fionn inniu?	were the leaves made of gold     he would give them away -         where today is Fionn?
黄金の葉なりしか 彼が授与せしは― フィオンは今日どこに？ Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	gin the leaves wur wrocht o gowd he'd gie thaim awa - whaur the day's Fionn? Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Na Scigirí

Ron Rosenstock
ina dtost ó mhaidin . . . stacaí farraige	they've said nothing all morning . . . sea stacks
niciun cuvînt toată dimineața. . . stînci ieșind din mare Leagan Rómáinse: Olimpia Iacob

Flower Haiku

 

cá bhfuil mo bhláthasa

an bláth is ísle díobh

ar fad

where's my flower

head and shoulders below

all the rest

Ferdynand Ruszczyc

bíonn ina Earrach nuair a shealbhaíonn tú croí croí geimhriúil, a stór         is tú solas na cruinne         níl slí ann don sioc níos mó

suddenly it's Spring when You enter wintry hearts You the life and light         of this world and of all worlds         the frost has nowhere to hide

primăvară-i cînd în inimi reci pătrunzi Tu viața lumina         astei lumi a lumilor         gerul nu află loc dosit (Leagan Rómáinise: Olimpia Iacob)