Pērkons, Lampas un zvaigznes

Pērkons, Lampas un zvaigznes, Juris Kulakovs, Klāvs Elsbergs, Liepājas Dzintars 87

[@tedreilly3352]

Last night at 'Polyglots 2023', held at the Barking Dog Hotel, Geelong (Australia), I read 2 poems by Elsbergs, 'Zem sniega / Under Snow' and 'Es saku Nē / I utter No' in Latvian & an English translation by my departed friend Ieva Misiņa-Kaine & myself. The one Latvian woman in the audience wept, which was my intention. It is wonderful to see that his poetry still resonates with your youthful audience, even if dressed up in acrylic punk!

[@henrijsstrigelis2862]

You should have read "Lampas un zvaigznes" 😎

[@tedreilly3352]

@@henrijsstrigelis2862 I hadn't tried translating it … a quick view with GT indicates a vision of Hell … well conveyed by the band's acid rock style … maybe not the best choice for my audience that night. My best friend, Ieva Kaine, helped me with those 2 poems, but sadly died last year. I have no one in Geelong with whom I can collaborate even on such small projects any more. Elsbergs deserves a good, authoritative translator who is a native speaker of both ENG & LV, preferably trained in the UK or Éire, not north America.