Varus

Dietmar Rabich, Haltern am See, Skulptur -Der gescheiterte Varus- (Wilfried Koch) -- 2013 -- 5001, CC BY-SA 4.0

féach air - Varus bocht a chaill trí cinn dá léigiúin féinmharú ansin         glaonn ar a chéilí mná         Vispania . . . Claudia

look at poor Varus who lost three of his legions then took his own life         at night he looks for his wives         Vispania . . . Claudia

monhwɛ Varus mobroni a ɔhweree na akofoɔ mmiɛnsa na ɔsane kum ne ho na eduru anwumerɛ biara a,         ɔhwehwɛ ne yerenom         Vispania . . . Claudia Leagan Twi (c) Adjei Agyei-Baah

Scuabtha chun Siúil

 Ar dtús, d’fhéach conair an ghrá

an-éasca.

 

Shíl mé

go mbeinn aontaithe Leat

gan dua.

Thuigeas

tar éis cúpla coiscéim a ghlacadh

go mba aigéan 

a bhí sa chonair

Isteach liom,

scuab tonn chun siúil mé.

Awhad al-Din Kirmani

Kinship/ Gaol

 Gaol

Dónn sé go han-mhall, seasann crann ard

na foraoise i loigín an tsneachta

atá leáite ina thimpeall ag teas fada measartha

a bheatha agus a dhúil le bheith ina fhréamh

ina thamhan, ina ghéag, ina dhuilleog is eolas

a chur ar an gcré dhubh, solas gréine, méara na gaoithe, cantain éan.

Stoite atáimid, guagach, teofhuilteach, ar lasadh

sa bhladhm úd a fhágann dall sinn ar thine 

ard bhráithriúil na beatha atá chomh bríomhar anois

is a bhí sa tsíológ dhá chéad bliain ó shin.

Kinship

Very slowly burning, the big forest tree

stands in the slight hollow of the snow

melted around it by the mild, long

heat of its being and its will to be

root, trunk, branch, leaf, and know

earth dark, sun light, wind touch, bird song.

Rootless and restless and warmblooded, we

blaze in the flare that blinds us to that slow,

tall, fraternal fire of life as strong

now as in the seedling two centuries ago.

Ursula Le Guin

Lile

Ron Rosenstock

lost in a lily… all sins washed away

báite i lile… glantar gach peaca

The Embrace

Ahmed Morsi "The Embrace" Oil on wood 190 x 124 cm Cairo - 1966

níor thuig éinne an uair sin, a thaisce an tslí chun na bhflaitheas         coinnigh greim ar ruball an chapaill         b'in an tslí, dar leis na saoithe

it was a time when none knew the way to heaven, beloved         hold on to the horse's tail         that was the way, said the sages

Ryokan

 

an domhan seo

macalla sléibhe ag dul i léig

folamh bréagach

"Al Roh w'al Raks" (The Spirit and the Dance)

"Al Roh w'al Raks" (The Spirit and the Dance) Ahmed Morsi Oil on Canvas 200 x 198 cm Cairo - 1968

ná bí ag taibhreamh, a shearc ní heol dúinn cá dtabharfaidh taibhrimh sinn: fan id' dhúiseacht         cnuasaigh do chuid taibhreamh         ullmhaigh le haghaidh a loiscthe iad

do not dream, beloved we know not where dreams will take us: stay awake         gather your dreams together         prepare them for the fire