New Series No. 17 - 2001 contents of this issue bibliographic notice other issues online about this magazine search other magazines Contents   Richard Hollis Cover Page   Daniel Weissbort To the Reader   Stephen Watts Introduction   Martin Orwin Introduction to Somali poetry     Cabdulqaadir Xaaji Cali Zaaji Axmed   Cabdulqaadir Xaaji Cali Axmed Samadoon Translated by Martin Orwin   Martin Orwin Maxamed Ibraahim Warsame 'Hadraawi'   Maxamed Ibraahim Warsame 'Hadraawi' Has Love been blood-written (Jacayl Dhiig ma lugu Qoray) Translated by Martin Orwin   Aydin Mehmet Ali Breaking the Silence of the Soul: issues raised by an anthology of Turkish-speaking women's writing in London   Amber Djemal Cyprus, I'm coming to you   Amber Djemal Untitled   Fatma Durmush The train   Fatma Durmush The end   Ayshe Gul Conversations     The trees   Kubra Ocal Deception Translated by Aydin Mehmet Ali     Mirror Translated by Aydin Mehmet Ali   Rehana Choudhury A Poem's Appeal Translated by Debjani Chatterjee   Usha Verma My poetry Translated by Debjani Chatterjee     The Promise of Dawn Translated by Debjani Chatterjee     Fear of Death Translated by Debjani Chatterjee   Rashida Islam Stranger Translated by Debjani Chatterjee Rashida Islam     Question (for International Women's Day) Translated by Debjani Chatterjee Rashida Islam     Eternal Silence Translated by Debjani Chatterjee Rashida Islam   Safuran Ara Abroad Translated by Debjani Chatterjee   Shameen Azad The Most Beautiful Sweet Thing Translated by Syed Manzoorul Islam Carolyne Wright; Shameem Azad   Shameen Azad I Want to Pierce with the Arrows of My Voice Translated by Syed Manzoorul Islam Carolyne Wright     One Part Fruit Translated by Syed Manzoorul Islam Carolyne Wright; Shameem Azad     Relationship Translated by Syed Manzoorul Islam Carolyne Wright   Nazand Begikhani Time Translated by Nazand Begikhani     Dreams Translated by Nazand Begikhani     Words of Love Translated by Nazand Begikhani   Stephen Watts Ivan Blatny   Ivan Blatny Charity Translated by Matthew Sweeney   Ivan Blatny Fate Translated by Matthew Sweeney     Outside and In Translated by Matthew Sweeney     Quite Decent Mr Kozderka Translated by Matthew Sweeney     Anarchy Translated by Matthew Sweeney   Ivan Blatny Ptácci / Birds for Hanuska Blatná Translated by Matthew Sweeney   Ivan Blatny Kalady´Aneb Útociste Reci* Translated by Matthew Sweeney     Nastoupit v rad / Get In Line Translated by Matthew Sweeney     Walls Translated by Matthew Sweeney     Monarchy Translated by Matthew Sweeney     Night Translated by Matthew Sweeney     Poetist Manifesto Translated by Matthew Sweeney   Ravil Bukharayev Reading Nekrasov Translated by Richard McKane     Cello Translated by Richard McKane     Pitsunda Translated by Richard McKane     from Commentaries on Love 1: Renaissance Translated by Richard McKane     from Commentaries on Love 23: The Beautiful Beast Translated by Richard McKane     from Quest: Misty Sonnets 0 Translated by Richard McKane     from Quest: Misty Sonnets 1 Translated by Richard McKane     from Quest: Misty Sonnets 9 Translated by Richard McKane     from Quest: Misty Sonnets 10 Translated by Richard McKane     Multilingualism and the Language of the Heart Translated by Richard McKane   Maria Eugenia Bravo Calderara I Still Don’t Know Your Name Translated by Dinah Livingstone     The Mother (For Lucy) Translated by Dinah Livingstone     There Is No Love Translated by Dinah Livingstone     Image Translated by Dinah Livingstone   Mevlut Ceylan Pilgrim Translated by Mevlut Ceylan     In the East Translated by Mevlut Ceylan     The Knife Translated by Mevlut Ceylan   Melvut Ceylan Tree Translated by Melvut Ceylan     The Hanging Translated by Melvut Ceylan     Love Translated by Melvut Ceylan   Amarjit Chandan The Peacock in Walpole Park, Ealing Translated by Amin Mughal John Welch, Amarjit Chandan, Shashi Joshi     Painting with a White Border Translated by Amin Mughal John Welch     The Algoze Translated by Amin Mughal John Welch, Amarjit Chandan, Shashi Joshi     The Book Divine Translated by Shashi Joshi     A Man with Ten Shadows Translated by Amin Mughal John Welch     Covent Garden Translated by Amin Mughal John Welch     Sarod Recital Translated by Amin Mughal John Welch, Amarjit Chandan, Shashi Joshi   Hans Werner Cohn Spring the Imposter Translated by Frederick G Cohn     Childhood Translated by Frederick G Cohn     All trees are alike Translated by Frederick G Cohn     The Hole Translated by Frederick G Cohn     At the End Translated by Frederick G Cohn     Days of Thirst Translated by Frederick G Cohn   Adam Czerniawski Gaunilo's Island Translated by Iain Higgins     Babylon II Translated by Iain Higgins     From an Album Translated by Iain Higgins   Adam Czerniawski Golden Age (For AC) Translated by Iain Higgins     In the Order of an English Landscape Translated by Iain Higgins     Poetry Lesson Translated by Iain Higgins   Jean-Paul de Dadelsen Overwhelmed, Provisionally Translated by Anthony Rudolph     Poem Translated by Anthony Rudolph   Ketaki Kushari Dyson Summer ends in Brighton Translated by Ketaki Kushari Dyson     At Times Translated by Ketaki Kushari Dyson   Kataki Kushari Dyson Poetry is like a cat Translated by Kataki Kushari Dyson   Ketaki Kushari Dyson England and the others   Ahmad Ebrahimi Common Knowledge Translated by Ahmad Ebrahimi     Nudity 8 Night Flight Over London (1 of 3) Translated by Ahmad Ebrahimi     Nudity 9 Night Flight Over London (2 of 3) Translated by Ahmad Ebrahimi     Nudity 10 Night Flight Over London (3 of 3) Translated by Ahmad Ebrahimi   Adriana Diaz Enciso The Angel Translated by Adriana Diaz Encisco     Of Hope Translated by Adriana Diaz Enciso     Daybreak Translated by Adriana Diaz Enciso   Musa Moris Farhi Odysseus Translated by Musa Moris Farhi     Letter from Bosnia, Eastern Turkey, Rwanda, Kosovo, Chechnya... Translated by Musa Moris Farhi     Thirst Translated by Musa Moris Farhi     Writing in Tongues   Saqi Farooqi The Trust Translated by Frances W Pritchett     An Injured Tomcat in an Empty Sack Translated by Frances W Pritchett     The Hunchback Translated by Frances W Pritchett     To a Pig Translated by Frances W Pritchett   Erich Fried Learning process Translated by Tim Collard     Speechless Translated by Tim Collard     Before I die Translated by Tim Collard     Status Quo Translated by Tim Collard     Unworldly Translated by Tim Collard     What is life? Translated by Tim Collard     The good gardeners Translated by Tim Collard     Philomel with Melody Translated by Tim Collard   George Gömöri Polishing October Translated by Clive Wilmer George Gömöri     Translating Apollinaire (Miklós writes to Judit) Translated by Clive Wilmer George Gömöri     Autumn Monologue Translated by Clive Wilmer George Gömöri     A letter of Cyprian Norwid’s from New York Translated by Clive Wilmer George Gömöri     Writing in Hungarian in England Translated by Clive Wilmer George Gomori   Lydia Grigorieva The Red Sea Translated by Richard McKane     Hexameter Translated by Richard McKane     Waterloo Bridge to Valentina Polukhina Translated by Richard McKane     Polar Day Translated by Richard McKane     Herbarium Translated by Richard McKane     I remember the white air of the Vatican Translated by Richard McKane     Quatrains Translated by Richard McKane     from the cycle ‘Who is Who’ IV Translated by Richard McKane     Poet and Muse Translated by Richard McKane     That Fair Alien Land Translated by Richard McKane   Buland al-Haidari A Dream in Four Shots Translated by Abdullah al-Udhari     A Call to Sleep Translated by Abdullah al-Udhari     My Apologies Translated by Abdullah al-Udhari     Between Two Distances Translated by Abdullah al-Udhari   Choman Hardi Untitled Translated by Choman Hardi   Victor (Gyozo) Hatar The Habitual Terror Translated by George Szirtes     Moriendi For Peter Zollman Translated by Peter Zollman     The Émigré Translated by Peter Zollman   Victor (Gyoto) Hatar Spirit Translated by Peter Zollman   Victot (Gyozo) Hatar Human Hourglass Translated by Peter Zollman   Victor (Gyozo) Hatar Weeds Translated by Peter Zollman     from ‘My Dear Diary’ Hatar’s introduction to The Right to Sanity, a Victor Hatar Reader (Corvina, Budapest, 1999)   Ivan Jelinek To the Czech Language Translated by Edwin Muir     Pythia Translated by Keith Bosley Ivan Jelinek     The blindness within Translated by Keith Bosley Ivan Jelinek     And yet Translated by Jonathan Griffin     Lyre Translated by Jonathan Griffin   Diego de Jesús from La Sed / The Thirst Translated by Stephen Watts Diego de Jesús   Diego De Jesus from El Deseo / The Desire Translated by John D Taylor Diego De Jesus   Diego de Jesus Untitled Translated by Stephen Watts Diego de Jesus     from La Luz / The Light Translated by John D Taylor Diego de Jesus     from El Azar / The Hazard Translated by Stephen Watts Diego de Jesus   Ziba Karbaasi Sigh Poems Translated by Esmail Khoi   Esmail Khoi Return to Borgio Verezzi Translated by Ahmad Karimi-Kakkak Michael C Beard     Outlandia Translated by Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak Michael C Beard   Esther Kinsky Untitled Translated by Martin Chalmers     Lambhill Translated by Martin Chalmers     Pokladnaja 32 Translated by Martin Chalmers   Edith Kinsky La Troupe Löwy Translated by Martin Chalmers   Rui Knopfli To Paris Translated by Suzette Macedo     Self Portrait Translated by Suzette Macedo     Ballad of the Young Rebels Translated by Suzette Macedo     Winds of Change Translated by Suzette Macedo     Guns in the Afternoon Translated by Suzette Macedo   Gurgenc Korkmazel from Yolyutma Stavrogonno Translated by Aydin Mehmet Ali     Not Poetry . . . Water To the Cypriot Poets Translated by Aydin Mehmet Ali     from Yarimlik Announcement Translated by Aydin Mehmet Ali     from Yarimlik Discoveries Translated by Aydin Mehmet Ali     from Yarimlik My age three Translated by Aydin Mehmet Ali   Helder Macedo from Winter Journey 2 Translated by Suzette Macedo     from Winter Journey 7 Translated by Suzette Macedo     from Winter Journey 9 Translated by Suzette Macedo     from Winter Journey 12 Translated by Suzette Macedo     from Winter Journey 18 Translated by Suzette Macedo     from Winter Jouney 20 Translated by Suzette Macedo     from Winter Journey 22 Translated by Suzette Macedo   Juan Antonio Masoliver Untitled Translated by Anthony Edkins   Amjad Nasser from Selected Poems (Mukhtarat Shi’riyyah) Exile Translated by Ibrahim Muhawi     Bent Branches Translated by Ibrahim Muhawi     Loneliness 1 Translated by Ibrahim Muhawi     The Slant of Day Translated by Ibrahim Muhawi     London Poems Worth Translated by Ibrahim Muhawi     Breaths of Haiku Translated by Ibrahim Muhawi     A Poem About Loneliness in a Café Translated by Ibrahim Muhawi     Poetry As a Question of Existence   Nazrul Islam Naz Pang of Longing Translated by Nazrul Islam Naz     Brick Lane 6th March ’98 Translated by Nazrul Islam Naz     Browser Translated by Nazrul Islam Naz     David Widgery Translated by Nazrul Islam Naz     Sweet Epidemic Translated by Nazrul Islam Naz     The Fire Within Translated by Nazrul Islam Naz     Rainbow Wings and Thought Buds Translated by Nazrul Islam Naz   Enrico Palandri A Dog Just Barked Translated by Enrico Palandri   Igor Pomeranzev Untitled Translated by Daniel Weissbort   Igor Pomeranzev Curvature of the Shoulder Translated by Daniel Weissbort   Igor Pomeranzev Untitled Translated by Daniel Weissbort   Dmitry Prigov Internal Dismantlings Forewarning Translated by Christopher Mattison   Oleg Prokofiev Untitled Translated by Daniel Weissbort     A Russian Poet In England* Translated by Valentina Polukhina Daniel Weissbort   Mohan Rana The passageway Translated by Lucy Rosenstein     Home Translated by Lucy Rosenstein     Dates Translated by Lucy Rosenstein     Memory of the sunshine Translated by Lucy Rosenstein     Missing Translated by Lucy Rosenstein     Name Translated by Lucy Rosenstein   Roberto Rivera-Reyes The Trees Sing Like Rivers Translated by Dinah Livingstone     from the sequence If You Love Do Not Fear God If You Love Someone Translated by Dinah Livingstone     from the sequence If You Love Do Not Fear God As the Fig Tree Flowers Translated by Dinah Livingstone     from the sequence If You Love Do Not Fear God Don’t be Surprised Translated by Dinah Livingstone     from the sequence If You Love Do Not Fear God Love’s Freedom Translated by Dinah Livingstone     from the sequence If You Love Do Not Fear God When the Time for Love has Passed Translated by Dinah Livingstone     from the sequence If You Love Do Not Fear God Universal Stature Translated by Dinah Livingstone   WG Sebald from Part III of After Nature Translated by Michael Hamburger   Pedro Serrano from Ignorancia (1994) Woman in Exile Translated by Jane Duran     Runaway Translated by Jane Duran     from El Miedo (1986) Digression of Fossils Translated by Jane Duran     Desert Translated by Jane Durran     Landscape Translated by Jane Durran     The Cathedral Translated by Jane Durran   Ifigenija Simonovic Nights are dark Translated by Anthony Rudolph Ifigenija Simonovic     From a journey Translated by Anthony Rudolph Ifigenija Simonovic     Evening Translated by Anthony Rudolph Ifigenija Simonovic     Short Poems Translated by Anthony Rudolph Ifigenija Simonovic   Olga Tabachnikova You can burn paper through over-great longing Translated by Daniel Weissbort     Street lamps almost always Translated by Daniel Weissbort   Veno Taufer At The End Of The Journey Translated by Michael Scammell     Saint Matthew Kills His Father And Mother for Jean-Paul Sartre on his 67th birthday Translated by Michael Scammell   Henri Thomas Harrington Gardens Translated by Anthony Rudolph     This day is no longer the tomb Translated by Anthony Rudolph   Mazhar Tirmazi This Winter Translated by Amin Mughal Mazhar Tirmazi     Just a Trivial Observation Translated by Amin Mughal Mazhar Tirmazi   Mahar Tirmazi On Jimmy’s Death Translated by Amin Mughal Mahar Tirmazi     On Seeing a Rainbow Translated by Amin Mughal Mahar Tirmazi   Mazhar Tirmazi After Listening to Beethoven’s Fifth Translated by Ajmer Rode   Shadab Vajdi The Mantle of Lovers Translated by Lotfali Khonji     Closed Circuit Translated by Lotfali Khonji     Haven Translated by Lotfali Khonji     Yet Another Day Translated by Lotfali Khonji   Aleksei Vernitski One More Sip and Down The Tube Translated by Daniel Weissbort     In these huge English parks Translated by Daniel Weissbort     In the plane, returning from the toilet to my place Translated by Daniel Weissbort     The gilded night boat Translated by Daniel Weissbort   Vladmir Vishniak Spanish Ballad Translated by Vladmir Vishniak     Some Information about Myself   Yang Lian from Twenty-four Short Poems Outside the Instant Translated by John Cayley     from Twenty-four Short Poems Silent Agreement Translated by John Cayley     from Twenty-four Short Poems Strange Translated by John Cayley     from Twenty-four Short Poems What I see when I turn my head Translated by John Cayley     from Twenty-four Short Poems First Light Translated by John Cayley     from Twenty-four Short Poems The Sublime Translated by John Cayley     from Twenty-four Short Poems Absent Translated by John Cayley     from Twenty-four Short Poems Open Book Translated by John Cayley     from Twenty-four Short Poems Arrogance of Words Translated by John Cayley     from Twenty-four Short Poems Birth Translated by Yang Lian     from Twenty-four Short Poems Night Visit Translated by John Cayley     from Twenty-four Short Poems Heard Translated by John Cayley     from Twenty-four Short Poems In the Mountains Translated by John Cayley     from Twenty-four Short Poems Distance Translated by John Cayley     from Twenty-four Short Poems Vase Translated by John Cayley   Ranjana Sidhanta Ash Translating from South Asian Languages in the Sixties and Seventies   Moris Farhi Classical Poems by Arab Women A Bilingual Anthology compiled and translated by Abdullah al-Udhari   Biographical notes The Poets     Biographical notes The Translators   Poetry Library Royal Festival Hall Hayward Gallery