Articles tagged " Villages"

Memories (Mag: Articles)

By Humberto Ak abal | September 28, 2005

Now and then I walk backwards. It is my way of remembering. If I only walked forward, I could tell you about forgetting. This last poem in this sequence was originally published in Guchachi 'Reza'…...

Translated from Spanish by Earl Shorris and Sylvia Sasson Shorris

Opening Poem of the Cantares Mexicanos (Mag: Articles)

By Unknown | September 28, 2005

Note: This poem was originally written in Classical Náhuatl. It is the first poem in the group known as the "Cantares Mexicanos." The Náhuatl title is "Cuicapeuhcáyotl", which León-Portilla…...

Translated from Spanish by Earl Shorris and Sylvia Sasson Shorris

The Lemon Seller (Mag: Articles)

By Natalia Toledo Paz | September 28, 2005

Note: This poem was originally written in Zapoteco. To travel the seas of silence becoming nothing in the foam as if the body could have no meaning. The eyes attached to a ship, and the fate in the balance…...

Translated from Spanish by Earl Shorris and Sylvia Sasson Shorris

Chatty Girl (Mag: Articles)

By Javier Castellanos | September 28, 2005

Note: This poem was originally written in Zapoteco. My chatty little girl: pile up your words, cut your words into pieces and anoint me with them to see if they can soothe the pain I feel now. My chatty…...

Translated from Spanish by Earl Shorris and Sylvia Sasson Shorris

Meralda (Mag: Articles)

By Luminita Mihai Cioaba | February 1, 2005

Just as the sun rises every day, giving its light to the earth, so day after day, year in, year out, we Roma travel on, without knowing where we are headed but following the road that lies before us. A…...

Translated from Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin and Cristina Cirstea

Coming Home (Mag: Articles)

By Du Mu | February 1, 2005

My little boy pulls my coat as if he's asking "Why did you take so long to get back home? who were you fighting with all those months and years just to win that prize of snow-white hair?" ...

Translated from Chinese by David Young and Jiann I. Lin

“Will nothing of my earthly fame endure?” (Mag: Articles)

By Miguel León-Portilla | August 1, 2004

Will nothing of my earthly fame endure? Not even flowers, not even songs! What can my heart do? In vain we have sprung forth, we have come to be on earth. Let us enjoy ourselves, my friends, let us embrace…...

Translated from Spanish by Earl Shorris and Abbas Saffari

Two Poems (Mag: Articles)

By Bud P. | July 1, 2004

The Oracles of the Virgin Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.--Oscar Wilde Buried inside us were the sounds of the words our parents managed to utter in the moment of intercourse before…...

Translated from Greek by Peter Constantine

Anadl Llywelyn (Mag: Articles)

By Iwan Llwyd | June 1, 2004

For the English translation, please click here. (ar achlysur Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Llanelwedd) Mae'r ffin yn y cyffiniau, pridd ei gwytnwch yn parhau i serio'i hanes ar wyneb erwau ein hiaith,…...

Translated from Welsh by None

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