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Doris Kareva

***[Maja mere ääres]

  • 1 ***[Kui ma ei kõnele sellest] | Translations: esfrrosvde
  • 2 ***[Kõikide eest] | Translations: enesfino
  • 3 ***[Kui kirjutan] | Translations: enessv
  • 4 ***[Kaotaja kiituseks laulan] | Translations: enesfi
  • 5 ***[Seda mantrat korda] | Translations: enesde
  • 6 ***[Ja ma armastan Sind, sest] | Translations: cyenfifrisnlukde
  • 7 ***[Kõikidest valudest] | Translations: deenfrganl
  • 8 ***[See, mis on] | Translations: deenfifrsvuk
  • 9 ***[Maja mere ääres] | Translations: enfifrrosvuk
  • 10 ***[Leekiv, liikumatu päike] | Translations: deenfihesvuk
  • 11 ***[Skalpell ja metronoom] | Translations: caenfifritsksv
  • 12 ***[Karm, napp on põhjamaa valgus] | Translations: deenfifrsv
  • 13 Und nägin maailmast | Translations: ensco
  • 14 Fraktalia | Translations: deenfr
  • 15 ***[Läbi mu unede jooksevad kõrbekoerad] | Translations: enuk
Language: estonian
Translations: english (***[A seaside house]), finnish (***[Talo meren rannassa]), french (***[La maison au bord de la mer]), romanian (O casă pe malul mării), swedish (***[Ett hus vid havet]), ukrainian (***[Будинок побіля моря])
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***[Maja mere ääres]

Maja mere ääres
tunneb alati, et ta on laev,
vaevu randunud.

Igal ööl ta rändama läheb
mööda otsatuid ookeane,
aegu ja avarusi.

Ta ümber triivivad tähed,
ta südames nutab lee,
mida keegi ei läida.

Nagu igatseb peremeest koer,
nii majagi mere ääres
oma kaptenit ootab.

Written: 2010
© Doris Kareva
From: Shape of Time
Arc Publications, 2010
Audio production: Eesti Kirjanduse Teabekeskus 2014
Categories: travel, landscape

Translations:

Language: english

***[A seaside house]

A seaside house
always feels like it is a ship,
just landed.

Every night it goes wandering
across endless oceans,
eras, expanses.

Around it drift the stars,
in its heart weeps the hearth,
that no one kindles.

As a dog yearns for his master,
so a house by the sea
waits for its captain.

Translated by Tiina Aleman
Language: finnish

***[Talo meren rannassa]

Talo meren rannassa
tuntee aina olevansa laiva,
tuskin rantautunut.

Joka yö se lähtee reissuun
pitkin loputtomia valtameriä,
aikoja ja avaruuksia.

Sen ympärillä ajelehtii tähtiä,
sen sydämessä itkee tulisija
jota kukaan ei sytytä.

Niin kuin koira ikävöi isäntäänsä
niin myös talo meren rannassa
odottaa omaa kapteeniaan.

Suomentanut Raija Hämälainen
Language: french

***[La maison au bord de la mer]

La maison au bord de la mer
sent toujours qu’elle est un navire
à peine amarré.

Toutes les nuits elle appareille
pour l’infini des océans,
des temps, des espaces.

Autour d’elle les étoiles dérivent,
dans son cœur l’âtre pleure,
où nul ne fait de feu.

Comme un chien se languit de son maître,
la maison au bord de la mer
attend son capitaine.

Traduit de l’estonien par Jean-Luc Moreau
Language: romanian

O casă pe malul mării

O casă pe malul mării
se simte mereu ca o navă
abia sosită la ţărm.

În fiecare noapte cutreieră
oceane infinite,
timpuri şi spaţii.

În jurul ei plutesc stele,
În inimă plănge o vatra
unde nimeni nu face focul.

Precum un căine tănjind după stăpăn,
Casa de pe malul mării
îşi aşteaptă căpitanul.

Traducere: Riina Jesmin, Peter Sragher [Un cărăbuş sărută luna. antologie de poezie estoniană]
Language: swedish

***[Ett hus vid havet]

Ett hus vid havet
tycker alltid att det är ett skepp
som nätt och jämt strandat.

Varje natt ger det sig av
längs ändlösa oceaner,
tider och vidder.

Stjärnor driver runt det,
i dess hjärta gråter en eldstad
som ingen tänder.

Som en hund väntar på husse,
så väntar huset vid havet
på sin kapten.

Översatt av Peeter Puide
Language: ukrainian

***[Будинок побіля моря]

Будинок побіля моря
вдає повсякчас, що є кораблем,
щойно прибулим.

Щоночі він відпливає бродити
нескінченними океанами,
епохами, просторами.

Довкола нього зоріють зірки,
у його серці квилить вогнище,
що ним ніхто не горить.

Як чекає господаря пес,
так будинок побіля моря
чекає свого капітана.

Переклад Катя Новак [Tema ja maailma lähedal = Поряд з Ним і зі Світом. Каменяр, 2018]
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Doris Kareva

photo © Jyri J. Dubov
* 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.

 photo © Kaido Vainomaa
Publications
  • Откровение

    стихи, перевод с эстонского Марины Тервонен

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1989

  • Armuaeg

    Days of Grace

    poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1991

  • Kammertoon. Камертон

    bilingual (Estonian: Russian)

    стихи, перевод с эстонского Марины Тервонен

    Tallinn: 1997

  • HingRing

    SoulCircle

    poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Huma, 1997

  • Fraktalia

    Bilingual poetry collection: Estonian and German

    Aspach; Tallinn: Edition Innsalz; Eesti Raamat, 2000

  • Fraktalia

    Estonian-German

    Translated into German by Wolfgang Maxlmoser, Liina Mittermayr and Mati Sirkel

    Aspach; Tallinn: Edition Innsaltz; Eesti Raamat, 2000

  • Nådatid

    dikter 1978-2001

    Dikter i urval och översättning av Ivo Iliste och Birgitta Göranson ; med inledning av Doris Kareva

    Tollarp; Lund: Ariel; Ellerström, 2001

  • Mandragora

    Mandrake

    poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Huma, 2002

  • Aja kuju

    The Shape of Time

    poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Verb, 2005

  • Lõige

    Cut

    poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Verb, 2007

  • Tidens gestalt

    Översättning Peeter Puide

    Lund: Ellerström, 2007

  • Deka

    Collected poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Verb, 2008

  • Shape of Time

    Translated into English by Tiina Alemann

    Todmorden: Arc, 2010

  • L'ombra del tempo

    Traduzione di Maarja Kangro e Piera Mattei

    Roma: Superstripes Press, 2011

  • Tulevaisuus on meneillään

    Suomentanut Raija Hämäläinen

    Tallinn: NyNorden, 2011

  • Olematuse aiad

    Gardens of Nothingness

    poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Verb, 2012

  • Elutants

    The Dance of Life

    Poetry of Doris Kareva and Jürgen Rooste, Estonian

    Tallinn: Verb, 2013

  • Maailma asemel

    Instead of the World

    poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Verb, 2014

  • Tavaszban élek

    Válogatta, fordította és az utószót írta Jávorszky Béla

    Budapest: Magyar Naplo, 2015

  • La forme du temps

    Poèmes choisis et traduits de l'estonien par Antoine Chalvin et Jean-Luc Moreau

    Sampzon: Delatour France, 2016

  • Days of Grace

    Selected Poems

    Translated into English by Miriam Anne McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov

    Hexham: Bloodaxe Books, 2018

  • Tema ja maailma lähedal = Поряд з Ним і зі Світом

    bilingual (Estonian: Ukrainian)

    Translated into Ukrainian by Katja Novak

    Lviv: Каменяр, 2018

  • Suik ja sillerdus

    poetry

    Tallinn: Verb, 2019

Awards
  • 1993 National Culture Award of Estonia

  • 2005 National Culture Award of Estonia

Links
  • Doris Kareva @ Estonian Literature Centre

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