Doris Kareva

***[Ja ma armastan Sind, sest]

Language: estonian

Translations: welsh (***[a ‘dwi’n dy garu am]), english (***[And I love you because]), finnish (***[Ja minä rakastan Sinua]), french (***[Et je T’aime, car] ), icelandic (***[Og ég elska a þig af þí að]), dutch (***[En ik hou van jou omdat]), ukrainian (***[І я люблю Тебе]), german (Und ich liebe dich weil)

***[Ja ma armastan Sind, sest]

Ja ma armastan Sind, sest
ma armastan Sind.

Milleks kohtuda –
Sa oled minu jaoks õhk.

Kõikjal kohal.

Translations:

Language: welsh

***[a ‘dwi’n dy garu am]

a ‘dwi’n dy garu am
‘mod i’n dy garu.

pam ddylen ni gyfarfod –
ti’n fawr mwy o bwys nag awyr i mi.

ymhobman.

Language: english

***[And I love you because]

And I love you because
I love you.

Why meet —
you are but air for me.

Ever present.

Language: finnish

***[Ja minä rakastan Sinua]

Ja minä rakastan Sinua
koska rakastan Sinua.

Miksi tapaisimme -
olet minulle ilmaa.

Kaikkialla läsnä.

Language: french

***[Et je T’aime, car]

Et je T’aime, car
je T’aime.

Pourquoi nous rencontrer –
Tu es l’air pour moi.

Partout présent.

Language: icelandic

***[Og ég elska a þig af þí að]

Og ég elska a þig af þí að
ég elska þig.

Af hverju að hittast –
Fyrir mér ertu eins og andrúmsloftið.

Alltaf nálægur.

Language: dutch

***[En ik hou van jou omdat]

En ik hou van jou omdat
ik van je hou.

Waarom een ontmoeting -
Je bent lucht voor me.

Overal om me heen.

Language: ukrainian

***[І я люблю Тебе]

І я люблю Тебе
Бо я Тебе люблю.

Для чого зустрічатись –
Ти є воздухом для мене.

Повсюди понад.

Language: german

Und ich liebe dich weil

Und ich liebe dich, weil
ich dich liebe.

Wozu sollen wir uns treffen –
Du bist für mich Luft.

Allgegenwärtig.

Doris Kareva

* 28.11.1958, Tallinn, Estland, Estonia
lives in: Talinn, Estland, Estonia

Doris Kareva (born November 28, 1958 in Tallinn) is one of the most beloved poets in Estonia. She has published several collections of poetry, and written short stories and essays.

She has been a mentor for young poets, and has translated – with passion – kindred spirits of hers, Anna Akhmatova, W. H. Auden, Samuel Beckett, Emily Dickinson, Kahlil Gibran, Kabir, Rumi, Shakespeare and Irish contemporary poetry. Her own poetry has been translated into many languages, for example the full collection Shape of Time (Aja kuju) published in the UK in 2010 (in Estonian in 2005). As a literary stipendiate, Doris Kareva has worked in Sweden, Greece, United States, Flanders, Italy and Ireland, and presented her works in many countries. Kareva's poetry has been staged and many times set to music. Working now as the literary editor, she was for sixteen years the Secretary-General of the Estonian National Commission for UNESCO.

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