2015-10-23

May Wilson

May Wilson
maidin dé luain
cac madra . . .
foirfe ar gach uile bhealach
monday morning
the dog's turd . . .
perfect in every conceivable way
月曜の朝
犬の糞
無難なり

Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura (Kyoto)
monday mornin
the dug's tuird . . .
perfit in ilka wey

Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

2015-10-22

Fógra: behind the yew hedge


behind the yew hedge

Haiku and senryu by Gabriel Rosenstock
Drawings by Mathew Staunton
Hardback
44 pages
28 x 21.6 x 0.6 cm
Published by The Onslaught Press
Publication date: 7 Sept. 2015
Language: English and Irish
ISBN-13: 978-0-9927238-8-0
Price: £15.00
Distributors: Gardners, Bertrams, Ingram
Can be ordered directly from Onslaught at mathew.staunton@gmail.com
07580751990
Spontaneous haiku and senryu in Irish and English by world-renowned poet and haiku master Gabriel Rosenstock in response to black and white drawings by Oxford-based illustrator and printmaker Mathew Staunton.


Haiku agus senryu spontáineacha ag freagairt do líníochtaí dubh is bán le Mathew Staunton
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2015-10-21

Wie Melodien zieht es mir/ Mar cheolta sí ag teacht chugam

File: Klaus Groth
Cumadóir: Johannes Brahms
Wie Melodien zieht es
Mir leise durch den Sinn,
Wie Frühlingsblumen blüht es,
Und schwebt wie Duft dahin.

Doch kommt das Wort und faßt es
Und führt es vor das Aug',
Wie Nebelgrau erblaßt es
Und schwindet wie ein Hauch.

Und dennoch ruht im Reime
Verborgen wohl ein Duft,
Den mild aus stillem Keime
Ein feuchtes Auge ruft.

Mar cheolta sí ag teacht chugam

Mar cheolta sí ag teacht chugam
I m’aignese go séimh,
Mar bhlátha earraigh úra
Go cumhra tríd an aer.

An briathar beireann greim air
Is tugtar é don tsúil,
Is imíonn is gan feidhm leis
Mar anáil nó mar dhrúcht.

Fós féin sa dán tá fáil air
Mar chumhracht ina rún,
Ag éalú as na blátha
Ar ghlaoch ón deoir sa tsúil.

2015-10-20

Yuko Otomo: idir dhá theanga, idir dhá chultúr





Is féidir haiku le Yuko Otomo a léamh ag an nasc anseo, na bunleaganacha Béarla chomh maith le leaganacha Gaeilge agus leaganacha Bhéarla na hAlban. Tá agallamh fíorspéisúil léi anseo chomh maith.

2015-10-19

Aisling Mheiriceánach

Aisling Mheiriceánach


Níor theastaigh óm shin-seanathair ach an Phortaingéil a fhágáil
agus seoladh trasna an Atlantaigh.
Sa deireadh shocraigh sé ar América a thabhairt ar a chéad iníon.

Sonho Americano

O meu bisavô queria apenas passar por Portugal
e depois atravessar o Atlântico.
Mas teve de se contentar com chamar América à primeira filha.


David Teles Pereira  (1985 - )

2015-10-18

Otto Eckmann (1865 -1902)

Otto Eckmann (1865 -1902)
teacht na n-ealaí
ina gceann is ina gceann ...
as an bhfo-chomhfhios
swans arriving
one by one ...
from the subconscious
白鳥到来
一羽また一羽・・・
潜在意識から

Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura (Kyoto)
swans winnin in
yin bi yin...
frae the mind's deepth

Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

2015-10-17

Issachar Ber Ryback

Issachar Ber Ryback: as Shtetl, My Destroyed Home: A Remembrance (1922)
an domhan seo trína chéile againn -
bíonn gá ag an ngabhar fiú
le scíth
this topsy-turvy world of ours -
even a goat
needs a rest
この錯綜した世界
山羊すら
休息必要とす

Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura (Kyoto)
in this heelster-gowdie warl
e'en a gait
needs a rist

Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald