Halley's Comet - Jaroslav Seifert

I saw nothing at that moment,

             nothing but strangers' backs,

heads under their hats craning.

The street was crowded.

Do not boast of your speed - Hwang Jini

Do not boast of your speed,

O blue-green stream running by the hills:

Once you have reached the wide ocean,

You can return no more.

Whoever wants me to love him - Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska

Whoever wants me to love him must never look gloomy, understand,

and he must be able to lift me up high in the palm of his hand.

A bird clock - Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir

i walk slower

today

than yesterday

The Language Issue - Núala Ní Dhomhnaill

I place my hope on the water

in this little boat

My divine Lysis - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

My divine Lysis:

do forgive my daring,

if so I address you,

unworthy though I am to be known as yours.

I'm Calling You - Ahmed Kaabour

I'm calling you¹

I shake your hands

I kiss the ground beneath your feet²

And say, "I will redeem you"³

India 1 - Juri Andruchowytsch

India begins with dreams about setting out

on an eastbound journey. These dreams have plots, they are

like a film through which one wanders like a gallant hero.

Rain and the Robin - Duncan Campbell Scott

A robin in the morning,

In the morning early,

Sang a song of warning,

"There'll be rain, there'll be rain."

Exodus - Marina Boroditskaya

So I was wondering how they crossed that seabed

When the whole watery firmament was combed, wave to floor

And the squelch, squelch, squelch, and the walls on either side

Going up and up like a great aquatic corridor