Poem
Elin Ap Hywel
Still Life
A purple crocusits stamen creme-egg yellow;
northern light
a shiver glaze
on the white enamel mug.
You're my Dutch painting:
the place the light gets in,
making everything strange
seem ordinary.
© Translation: 2003, Bloodaxe Books
From: The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry: 20th century Welsh-language poetry in translation
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books, , 2003
From: The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry: 20th century Welsh-language poetry in translation
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books, , 2003
BYWYD LLONYDD
BYWYD LLONYDD
Saffrwm porffora’i dafod mor felyn âchanol ŵy Pasg;
goleuni’r gogledd
yn ias o iâ
ar y mwg enamel gwynd.
Ti yw fy llun o Holand:
yr agen fach sy’n gollwng goleuni,
gan droi pob dim
yn gyffredin o ddiarth.
© 2003, Bloodaxe Books
From: The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry: 20th century Welsh-language poetry in translation
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books,
From: The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry: 20th century Welsh-language poetry in translation
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books,
Elin Ap Hywel
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1962)
Elin ap Hywel (1962) is a poet, translator and editor who works in Welsh and English. Formerly a translator for the National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Elin’s published work has been widely anthologised and translated into Czech, English, German, Italian and Japanese.
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Poems of Elin Ap Hywel
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Still Life
A purple crocusits stamen creme-egg yellow;
northern light
a shiver glaze
on the white enamel mug.
You're my Dutch painting:
the place the light gets in,
making everything strange
seem ordinary.
© 2003, Bloodaxe Books
From: The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry: 20th century Welsh-language poetry in translation
Publisher: 2003, Bloodaxe Books,
From: The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry: 20th century Welsh-language poetry in translation
Publisher: 2003, Bloodaxe Books,
Still Life
A purple crocusits stamen creme-egg yellow;
northern light
a shiver glaze
on the white enamel mug.
You're my Dutch painting:
the place the light gets in,
making everything strange
seem ordinary.
© 2003, Bloodaxe Books
From: The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry: 20th century Welsh-language poetry in translation
Publisher: 2003, Bloodaxe Books,
From: The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry: 20th century Welsh-language poetry in translation
Publisher: 2003, Bloodaxe Books,
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