2022-04-07

Ingeborg Bernhard

ní gá aon ní eile a rá
d'ainm a dhriogadh go ciúin
feitheamh leis an gcuach
        an dabhach a oscailt faoi rún
        agus ól asat go mall
time to say no more
to distil Your name, quietly
wait for the cuckoo
        open the vat silently
        and drink of You in long draughts

2022-04-06

Nina Hamnett

Major General W.B. Lindsay
athraíonn gach aon ní
athraíonn mapaí is croiméil
is sin a bhfuil faoi
        bearr na croiméil sin arís
        gearr teorainneacha an domhain
all is flux, they say
maps change, as do moustaches
nothing to be done
        trim the moustaches again
        trim boundaries of our world

2022-04-05

2022-04-04

Treibheanna / Tribes

 



Bí le gach treibh, bí gan treibh


Belong to all tribes and none

Zen monk Tanuki (1949 - )

2022-04-03

Tobias Verhaecht

duitse a tógadh
chun go molfaí thú thar chách
i ngach aon teanga
        féach air, Túr Bháibil, a chroí
        an gá é a atógáil?
it was built for You
so men could sing Your praises
in all languages
        behold the Tower of Babel . . .
        is it time to build again?
κτίστηκε για Σε
να ψάλλουν τη δόξα Σου
σ' όλες τις γλώσσες
        ιδού ο πύργος της Βαβέλ
        ώρα να κτιστεί ξανά;


Sarah Thilykou a dhein an leagan Gréigise



2022-04-02

József Rippl-Rónai

nach fada a ndíbirt!
anamacha 'tá faoi scáil
ar feadh mílaoise
        éalaíonn an t-anam ansin -
        éan nó bláth magnóilia
long is their exile!
souls imprisoned in darkness
for countless aeons
        then one escapes like a bird
        or a magnolia blossom
μακρά εξορία!
ψυχές δέσμιες του σκότους
για αιώνες
        και σαν πουλί το σκάει μια
        η σαν άνθος μανώλιας

Sarah Thilykou a dhein an leagan Gréigise

2022-04-01

Cnoic Shíofra

Ron Rosenstock
nithe nach bhfeictear
ag breathnú uathu . . . ag éisteacht . . .
Cnoic Shíofra
the unseen
watching . . . listening . . .
Sheeffrey Hills