Indrek Mesikepp

***[ma ei karda liblikaid]

Language: estonian

Translations: english (***[I'm not scared of butterflies]), swedish (***[jag är inte rädd för fjärilar]), russian (***[я не боюсь бабочек]), german (***[ich hab keine angst vor schmetterlingen]), latvian (***[es nebaidos no tauriņiem]), romanian (***[nu mă tem de fluturi])

***[ma ei karda liblikaid]

ma ei karda liblikaid
ega
ega… ega…
ega
lepatriinusid
isegi
teatas valjul häälel
punase mütsiga laps
hommikul lasnamäe bussis

sina kes sa koostad valemeid
ja paned meid reageerima
anna ka meile julgust
mitte karta seda
mida me ihaldame

Translations:

Language: english

***[I'm not scared of butterflies]

I'm not scared of butterflies
or
or... or...
or
ladybirds
even
announced the red-hatted child
on the lasnamäe morning bus

you who compose formulae
and cause us to react
grant us also the courage
not to fear that
which we desire

Language: swedish

***[jag är inte rädd för fjärilar]

jag är inte rädd för fjärilar
eller
eller… eller…
eller
nyckelpigor
meddelade högljutt
ett barn i röd mössa
i morse på lasnamäebussen

du som skapar formler
och får oss att reagera
ge också oss mod
att inte frukta
det vi åtrår

Language: russian

***[я не боюсь бабочек]

я не боюсь бабочек
и ещё
и ещё… и ещё…
и ещё
даже
божьих коровок
сказал громким голосом
ребёнок в красном чепчике
в утреннем ласнамяэском автобусе

о ты составляющий формулы
заставляющий нас реагировать
даруй и нам смелости
не бояться того
чего так страстно хотим

Language: german

***[ich hab keine angst vor schmetterlingen]

ich hab keine angst vor schmetterlingen
und
und… und…
und
vor marienkäfern
schon gar nicht
verkündete mit lauter stimme
das kind mit der roten mütze
frühmorgens im bus aus Lasnamäe

du der du formeln aufstellst
und uns reagieren lässt
gib uns auch den mut
keine angst davor zu haben
wonach wir gelüsten

Language: latvian

***[es nebaidos no tauriņiem]

es nebaidos no tauriņiem
ne
ne... ne...
ne
pat ne no bizbizmārītēm
nē
vārgā balstiņā paziņoja
bērns sarkana cepurītē
no rīta lasnamē autobusā

tu kas sastādi formulas
un liec mums reaģēt
dod arī mums drosmi
nebaidīties no tā
pēc kā mēs ilgojamies

Language: romanian

***[nu mă tem de fluturi]

nu mă tem de fluturi
nici
nici... nici...
nici
măcar
de buburuze
a anunţat cu voce tare
copila cu scufiţa roşie
într-o dimineaţă în autobuzul din lasnamäe*

tu care născoceşti formule
şi ne faci sa luăm atitudine
dă-ne şi noua curaj
să nu ne temem
de ceea ce ne dorim

-------------------

*Un cartier din Tallinn.

Indrek Mesikepp

* 17.10.1971, Tartu, Estonia
lives in: Tallinn, Estonia

The work of the poet Indrek Mesikepp, who has the shortest writer’s name in Estonia - fs - draws together the contemporary lines of power in Estonian poetry, while at the same time staying clearly distinct, standing out. He is a poet sensitive to the times.

Indrek Mesikepp graduated from Tartu University in 1999 as an art historian. He has been working at the literary monthly Looming since 2000, is a literary critic and has also written short prose. His pseudonym already has a history: it was first the glamorous François Snakesnake, inspired by the films of Pierre Richard, then first simplified to François Serpent, and finally the very short form of it. In 2004 Indrek Mesikepp won the Estonian Cultural Endowment's Award for Poetry: the epigraph of the book 2004 was chosen from George Orwell’s novel 1984. This collection has also appeared in the Swedish, Russian, and Bulgarian languages.

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