Nataša Rehak, 17, Ruski Kerestur
Translated by Brian Požun
РУСНАЦИ
Знєверели зме
предкох; зашали нас а
тераз прейеме.
RUSNACI
Znjevereli zme
predkoh; zašali nas, a
teraz prejeme.
RUSYNS
We have betrayed
our forefathers; they sowed us
but now we are wilting.
МЛАДОСЦ
Вично кирвави
рана и думки без
початней станїци
MLADOSC
Vično kirvavi
rana i dumki bez
počatnej stanjici.
YOUTH
An eternally bloody
sunrise and thoughts without
a starting point.
КРАСОТА ПАРИЗА
Велїки ме будовнї
провадза зоз
Французким поглядом.
KRASOTA PARIZA
Veljiki me budovnji
provadza zoz
Francuzkim pohljadom.
THE BEAUTY OF PARIS
These grand old buildings
in all their French majesty
haunt me even now.
Originally printed in Outpost Dispatch, Issue 0, 23 August 2003