26/03/2023: ITHAKA POEM- COMMUNICATION

Here is a communication from my SPANISH POET FRIEND

Dear friend,

As you see, I have so many things to do that I even must work on Sunday.

Please find enclosed a somewhat ironical poem from a poet I know already many years and met last year in Vienna.

Please let me have your translation of this and also of Ithaca 758

Thank you very much in advance

Best regards

Germain

ps I received an invitation for a poetry festival in Cuba in May. But I am too busy. If you are interested, I can recommend you. However, as you know, Cuba is a poor country, the organizers can’t pay the air ticket.

COMMUNICATION

Since for quite some time,

I neither send mails nor

messages when I feel fine.

We are not happy with that.

My friends answer when you

lie in the sun or swim in the pool

while we freeze and drown in the rain.

When you are miserable on the road,

at least we have the chance

to feel sorry for you, and with one stroke,

we immediately feel much better.

MANFRED CHOBOT, Austria

Translation Germain Droogenbroodt – Stanley Barkan

from “Gefallen gefällt”, Edition Art Science, Vienna, 2012

***TRANSLATION

DR. N V SUBBARAMAN, CHENNAI,TAMILNADU, INDIA 9840477552

தகவல் தொடர்பு

சில காலமாக

நான் நன்றாக இருக்கும்பொழுது

கடிதமோ செய்தியோ

அனுப்பியதில்லை

அதனால்

நாங்கள்  மகிழ்சசி  அடையவில்லை

நீங்கள்

கதிரவனில் படுத்திருக்கும் பொழுதோ

குளத்தில்

நீச்சல் அடிக்கும்பொழுதோ

எனது நண்பர்கள்

விடை தருவாரகள்

நாம் உருகி

மழையில் நனையும் பொழுது.   

சாலையில்  பரிதாபமாக

இருக்கையில்

உங்களுக்காக வருத்தப் பட

ஒரு வாய்ப்பு உள்ளது  

ஒரே நொடியில்

நன்றாக இருப்பதாக உணர்கிறோம்!

ஆக்கமும் மொழிமாற்றமும்

MANFRED CHOBOT, Austria

Translation Germain Droogenbroodt – Stanley Barkan

from “Gefallen gefällt”, Edition Art Science, Vienna, 2012

NICE

4 thoughts on “26/03/2023: ITHAKA POEM- COMMUNICATION

  1. DEAR SIR
    HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THE ” ULAGA MAHA KAVI BHARATHI VIRUDHU” FROM CHEVLR. V. G. SANTHOSHAM. ONE MORE FEATHER ON YOUR CAP.
    P. RAJARAMAN

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  2. Hearty congratulations on your being honoured by Ulaga Mahakavi Bharathi virudhu award.

    Regards
    H.K. Chaudhary

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