Jürgen Rooste

الأستونية

Adam Cullen

الانجليزية

Kosmosevolinik

istun oma
nukra laua taga
isegi jumal ei
kõnele muga enam
kaugete kaunite planeetide
radarid on suunatud mujale
ähh – inimesed
kes nendega rääkida tahaks

© Jürgen Rooste
الإنتاج المسموع: Eesti Kirjanduse Teabekeskus [Estonian Literature Centre], 2014

Space deputy

I sit at my
dreary desk
not even god
talks to me any more
the lovely, distant planets'
radars are pointed elsewhere
oh – people
who'd want to talk to them

Translated from Estonian by Adam Cullen