Untranslatable? (ABC-poem by James Krüss)
February 8, 2007
Zanthens Yacht Xanthippe
war völlig unberechenbar,
trieb stets regelwidrig quer,
prosperierte oft nicht mehr,
landete kreuz-jammerbar
im Haitihafen gar,
fuhr entgegenkreuzend dann
Cubas Blumenküste an.[By J Krüss, via !anaj ,em s'taht.]
Untranslatable, surely, but imitable. Some day.
For Moominissa.
Transcreatable, I suppose. I’m curious to see your version of this poem :-)
Hi there, maybe you’d like to suggest a translation for Ernst Herbeck’s poem: http://anaj.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/poeta-schizophrenia-ernst-herbeck/
I’ve tried one, but am of course no translator