Indrek Mesikepp

***[me synnime haiglates]

Language: estonian

Translations: german (***[wir werden in krankenhäusern geboren]), russian (***[рождаемся в больницах]), swedish (***[vi föds på sjukhus]), latvian (***[mēs dzimstam slimnīcās]), english (***[we are born in hospitals]), romanian (***[ne naştem în spital])

***[me synnime haiglates]

me synnime haiglates
pikad luitunud koridorid
vaikuses kajavad sammud
õhk täis kloori- ja ravimihaisu
seintesse imbunud haigused
meie nimed on kirjas
kõik on kontrolli all
paberid on kaustades
kaustad luku taga
välisukse ees valvurilaud
täna enam sind vaatama
keegi tulla ei saa
akna taga hämardub
teisel pool maja surnukuur
võta jalad eest
ütleb koristaja

Translations:

Language: german

***[wir werden in krankenhäusern geboren]

wir werden in krankenhäusern geboren
lange bleiche korridore
in der stille hallen schritte
die luft voll chlor- und arzneigestank
die wände mit krankheiten imprägniert
unsere namen sind registriert
alles unter kontrolle
die papiere in den ordnern
die ordner hinter schloss und riegel
vor der außentür das wächterhäuschen
heute kann keiner mehr
dich besuchen kommen
hinterm fenster dämmert es
auf der andern hausseite die totenkammer
zieh deine beine ein
sagt die putzfrau

Language: russian

***[рождаемся в больницах]

рождаемся в больницах
длинные блеклые коридоры
в тишине слышны шаги
воздух наполнен хлоркой и прочей дрянью
пропитаны болезнями стены
наши имена значатся в списке
всё под контролем
документы в папках
папки под замком
перед дверью стол регистрации
сегодня больше никто
к тебе не придёт
за окном темно
в другом конце дома морг
подними ноги
говорит уборщица

Language: swedish

***[vi föds på sjukhus]

vi föds på sjukhus
långa slitna korridorer
i tystnaden ekar stegen
luften stinker av klor och medicin
väggarna inpyrda av sjukdomar
våra namn finns listade
allt är under kontroll
pappren finns i pärmar
pärmarna bakom lås
receptionen innanför ytterdörren
idag kan ingen längre komma
och besöka dig
bakom fönstret skymmer det
bårhuset på andra sidan byggnaden
lyft på fötterna
säger städerskan

Language: latvian

***[mēs dzimstam slimnīcās]

mēs dzimstam slimnīcās
gari izbalējuši koridori
klusumā atbalsojas soļi
gaiss pilns hlora un zāļu smakas
sienās iesūkušās slimības
mūsu vārdi ir sarakstā
viss tiek kontrolēts
papīri ir mapēs
mapes aiz atslēgas
pie ārdurvīm sarga galds
šodien neviens vairs tevi nevar
atnākt apraudzīt
aiz loga krēslo
otrpus mājas morgs
novāc kājas
saka apkopēja

Language: english

***[we are born in hospitals]

we are born in hospitals
long dreary corridors
footsteps echoing in silence
the suffocating smell
of chlorine and medicines
the walls steeped in disease
our names in the register
all is in order
papers are filed
the files locked away
a guard desk at the door
no more visitors
for you today
outside it grows dark
round the corner the morgue
move your feet
says the cleaner

Language: romanian

***[ne naştem în spital]

ne naştem în spital
culoare lungi, spălăcite
paşii răsună în linişte
aerul îmbibat cu miros de clor şi medicamente
pereţi impregnaţi de boli
numele noastre sunt înregistrate
totul este sub contol
hârtiile sunt în dosare
dosarele ţinute sub cheie
masa paznicului în faţă intrării
astăzi nimeni nu mai poate
să vină ca să te vadă
îndărătul ferestrei se face întuneric
în spatele spitalului morga

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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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