LeseProbe: Bidney – A Poetic Dialogue with Adam Mickiewicz
Sonntag, 5. Juli 2009 17:14
The Steppes of Akerman (Adam Mickiewicz)
Into the wide expanse I plunge, waterless ocean:
Deep in the grass the wagon dips, rolls like a boat.
Amid the bending waves, flowers, it seems to float,
Avoiding coral islands, weeds, in winding motion.
Darkening in the west – no hill, path, will appear.
I stare into the sky, at every guiding star.
Is that the rising dawn? A shining cloud afar?
The Dniestr – Akerman country lighthouse – it is near.
Stop! Ah, so quiet. Listen! Hear the calling cranes
(Fleeing the hawk, they seek invisibility);
Butterflies’ moving wings in grass upon the plains;
A snake, slippery-breasted, bends the greenery.
In such a quiet, I, excited, take some pains
To hear my homeland’s call … Let’s go. No home for me. […]
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