Poem
Miroslav Holub
Teaching about arthropods
The male mite Adactylidiumhatches in his mother's body,
gobbles her up from the inside,
while mating
with all his seven
little sisters.
So, when he's born,
it's as if he were dead:
he's been through it all
and he's freelance,
in the bull's-eye,
in the focus
of extracurricular existence:
an absolute poet,
non-segmented,
non-antennated,
eightlegged.
LEERSTUK OVER GELEEDPOTIGEN
De mijt Adactylidiumkomt uit in zijn moeders lichaam,
vreet zijn moeders lijf van binnenuit
en paart daarbij
met al zijn zeven
zusjes.
Zodat als hij geboren is,
het net is alsof hij gestorven is:
hij heeft alles al gehad
en is nu zijn eigen baas
in de roos van de schietschijf,
in de focus van onverplicht bestaan:
een absoluut dichter,
ongesegmenteerd,
onbespriet,
achtpotig.
© Vertaling: 1996, Jana Beranová
NAUKA O ČLENOVCÍCH
Roztoč Adactylidiumse líhne v těle matky,
vyžírá tělo matky zevnitř
a přitom se spáří
se všemi svými sedmi
sestřičkami.
Takže, když se narodí,
je to totéž, jako by umřel:
všechno má za sebou
a je na volné noze
v černém středu terče
v ohnisku nepovinného bytí:
absolutní básník,
nesegmentovaný,
neotykadlený,
osminohý.
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Teaching about arthropods
The male mite Adactylidiumhatches in his mother's body,
gobbles her up from the inside,
while mating
with all his seven
little sisters.
So, when he's born,
it's as if he were dead:
he's been through it all
and he's freelance,
in the bull's-eye,
in the focus
of extracurricular existence:
an absolute poet,
non-segmented,
non-antennated,
eightlegged.
Teaching about arthropods
The male mite Adactylidiumhatches in his mother's body,
gobbles her up from the inside,
while mating
with all his seven
little sisters.
So, when he's born,
it's as if he were dead:
he's been through it all
and he's freelance,
in the bull's-eye,
in the focus
of extracurricular existence:
an absolute poet,
non-segmented,
non-antennated,
eightlegged.
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