Poem
Halyna Petrosanyak
This is the rare case of movement to the south . . .
This is the rare case of movement to the south, when the bodyexpects not warmth, but cold instead,
and the gaze of a mountain nymph, who fell to the temptation
of the valley and failed to be sated,
greedily swallows the dark green of fir trees.
Fingers celebrate the recognition of the rhythm
of the forgotten music of lines.
This is a rare case of happiness, when a homeless heart
beats to the rhythm of the landscape.
© Translation: 2000, Michael M. Naydan
This is the rare case of movement to the south . . .
© 2000, Halyna Petrosanyak
From: Lights of the Borderland
Publisher: Lilea NV, Ivano-Frankivsk
From: Lights of the Borderland
Publisher: Lilea NV, Ivano-Frankivsk
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This is the rare case of movement to the south . . .
This is the rare case of movement to the south, when the bodyexpects not warmth, but cold instead,
and the gaze of a mountain nymph, who fell to the temptation
of the valley and failed to be sated,
greedily swallows the dark green of fir trees.
Fingers celebrate the recognition of the rhythm
of the forgotten music of lines.
This is a rare case of happiness, when a homeless heart
beats to the rhythm of the landscape.
© 2000, Michael M. Naydan
From: Lights of the Borderland
From: Lights of the Borderland
This is the rare case of movement to the south . . .
This is the rare case of movement to the south, when the bodyexpects not warmth, but cold instead,
and the gaze of a mountain nymph, who fell to the temptation
of the valley and failed to be sated,
greedily swallows the dark green of fir trees.
Fingers celebrate the recognition of the rhythm
of the forgotten music of lines.
This is a rare case of happiness, when a homeless heart
beats to the rhythm of the landscape.
© 2000, Michael M. Naydan
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