2022-07-07

Robert Henri

ní raibh faic im' cheann
bhí tú chun tosaigh orm
bhí tú le mo thaobh
        agus bhí tú laistiar díom
        ar Bhóthar an Choire Mhóir
my mind was empty
You were walking behind me
You were beside me
        and You were ahead of me
        on the road to Corrymore

2022-07-06

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Aonghus fáin, ambaist
is a cheann bocht trí thine
mo dhála féin mhuis'
        tuleáil an mhonsúin, a ghrá
        lasracha chun na díleann
wandering Aonghus
he had a fire in his head
i too am ablaze
        monsoon rains pour down on me
        flames rise up to meet the flood

2022-07-05

May Wilson

tá gá le scuabadh
sna poill is sna prochóga
dusta is míolta
        beidh trácht air sna hannála
        Oíche an Íonghlanta Mhóir
time for a clean-out
yes! every nook and cranny
dust and dust mites too
        it will be known in annals
        as the Night of the Big Sweep

2022-07-03

Koson

géag gheal . . .
préachán ar tí breith
a fhógairt
snowy branch . . .
a crow about to pronounce
judgement
雪が枝や
いまやカラスが
判決す

Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura
snawy brainch . . .
a craw aboot tae pronoonce
juidgement

Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

2022-07-02

Émile Bernard

an ceol is uaigní ar fad -
babhla déirce
lán d'fholús
the saddest music of all -
a begging bowl
full of emptiness
悲しみの
最たる音楽―
無の大鉢

Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura
the maist waesome maisic -
a cadger's bowlie
fou o tuimness

Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

2022-07-01

Jean-Georges Béraud

hataí síoda
i ndiaidh sochraide -
fear hata síoda curtha
silk hats
after a funeral -
the deceased was a top hatter too
シルクハット
葬儀のあとに―
減るは人気帽子屋も

Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura
soie toppers
efter a yirdin -
the deid chiel wis a topper an aw

Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald