| Elaine Feinstein: Poems for Arnold A visit I still remember love like another country with an almost forgotten landscape of salty skin and a dry mouth. I think there was always a temptation to escape from the violence of that sun, the sudden insignificance of ambition, the prowl of jealousy like a witch’s cat . Last night I was sailing in my sleep like an old seafarer, with scurvy colouring my thoughts, there was moonlight and ice on green waters. Hallucinations. Dangerous nostalgia. And early this morning you whispered as if you were lying softly at my side: Are you still angry with me? And spoke my name with so much tenderness, I cried. I never reproached you much that I remember, not even when I should; to me, you were the boy in Ravel’s garden who always longed to be good, as the forest creatures knew, and so do I. | Elaine Feinstein: Poeme pentru Arnold Vizita Dragostea a ramas o amintire dintr-o tara straina, un peisaj pe care aproape l-am uitat cu gust de sare si buze uscate. Cred ca mereu am vrut sa evadez de sub soarele acela salbatic care ma facea sa uit de mine, simteam doar gelozia cum ma sfasie ca o pasare de prada. In visul de azi-noapte eram un batran marinar cu gandurile mancate de scorbut, navigam sub lumina lunii peste ape verzui, printre sloiuri de gheata. Halucinatii.O nostalgie periculoasa. Si azi-dimineata mi-ai soptit ca si cum te-ai fi trezit langa mine Mai esti suparata? Si mi-ai spus numele cu atata dulceata ca mi-au dat lacrimile. Din cate stiu, nu ti-am facut niciodata prea multe reprosuri, nici macar cand mi-ai dat motive; pentru mine ai fost mereu baiatul din gradina lui Ravel care voia sa fie bun, asa cum stiau toate vietatile din padure, asa cum stiu si eu.Arina Lungu |
TRANSLATION CAFÉ 2008, Nr. 23/January 15, 2008, Anny Ballardini, Translations from: Anny Ballardini – Someone else by Gabriela Moldovan – Altcineva
Anny Ballardini - Someone elseI woke up this morningand they had stolen my carmy house my bed my eyesmy mind my family my fatemy job my friendsleft there on the scorching groundI went downtown and got a plastic hearta couple of colored marbles for my...