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        albanian
        arabic
        araucanian
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        azerbaijani
        bashkir
        basque
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Perspektywa

  • 1 Nieobecność | Translations: debesvethrruptnl
  • 2 Wypadek drogowy | Translations: debesvethrruptnl
  • 3 Nazajutrz – bez nas | Translations: debesvethrruptnl
  • 4 Zdarzenie | Translations: debesvethrruptnl
  • 5 Pociecha | Translations: debesvethrruptnl
  • 6 Stary profesor | Translations: debesvethrruptnl
  • 7 Perspektywa | Translations: debesvethrruptnl
  • 8 Okropny sen poety | Translations: debesvethrruptnl
  • 9 Nieuwaga | Translations: debesvethrruptnl
  • 10 Grecki posąg | Translations: debesvethrruptnl
Language: polish
Translations: german (Perspektive), belarusian (ПЭРСПЭКТЫВА), swedish (Perspektiv), estonian (Perspektiiv), croatian (Perspektiva), russian (Перспектива), portuguese (Perspetiva), dutch (Perspectief)
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Perspektywa

Minęli się jak obcy,
bez gestu i słowa,
ona w drodze do sklepu,
on do samochodu.

Może w popłochu
albo roztargnieniu,
albo niepamiętaniu,
że przez krótki czas
kochali się na zawsze.

Nie ma zresztą gwarancji,
że to byli oni.
Może z daleka tak,
a z bliska wcale.

Zobaczyłam ich z okna,
a kto patrzy z góry,
ten najłatwiej się myli.

Ona zniknęła za szklanymi drzwiami,
on siadł za kierownicą
i szybko odjechał.
Czyli nic się nie stało
nawet jeśli stało.

A ja, tylko przez moment
pewna, co widziałam,
próbuję teraz w przygodnym wierszyku
wmawiać Wam, Czytelnikom,
że to było smutne.

© Wisława Szymborska Foundation
From: Dwukropek
Kraków: Wydawnictwo a5, 2005
Audio production: Wydawnictwo a5/Program Trzeci Polskiego Radia "Trójka"
Categories: writing (poetry), woman, man, love, loss & separation
Nagranie audio oraz wiersze Wisławy Szymborskiej zostały opublikowane na stronie lyrikline dzięki uprzejmej zgodzie Fundacji Wisławy Szymborskiej.

Translations:

Language: german

Perspektive

Sie gingen aneinander vorbei wie Fremde,
ohne eine Geste, ohne ein Wort,
sie auf dem Weg in den Laden,
er zum Auto.

Vielleicht in Panik
oder zerstreut
oder nicht mehr wissend,
daß sie sich kurze Zeit
für immer geliebt haben.

Übrigens ist nicht garantiert,
daß sie es waren.
Von weitem vielleicht ja,
aus der Nähe aber nicht.

Ich sah sie vom Fenster aus,
und wer von oben schaut,
kann sich leicht irren.

Sie verschwand hinter der Glastür,
er setzte sich ans Steuer
und fuhr schnell davon.
Das heißt, nichts ist geschehen,
selbst wenn.

Und ich, nur einen Moment lang
sicher, was ich sah,
versuche jetzt in einem Gelegenheitsgedicht
euch, den Lesern, einzureden,
das sei traurig gewesen.

Aus dem Polnischen von Renate Schmidgall.
Aus: Glückliche Liebe und andere Gedichte. Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag 2012.
Language: belarusian

ПЭРСПЭКТЫВА

Яны разьмінуліся, нібы
чужыя – бяз слова, бяз жэсту:
яна па дарозе ў краму,
а ён – да свайго аўто.

Магчыма, у мітусьні
яны не зьвярнулі ўвагі,
магчыма, зусім забылі
пра колішняе кароткае
каханьне раз назаўсёды.

Зрэшты, ніякай гарантыі,
што гэта былі яны.
Здалёку нібыта так,
а зблізку – можа, і не.

Я ўбачыла іх з акна,
а хто назірае зьверху,
можа і памыліцца.

Яна зачыніла шкляныя дзьверы.
Ён сеў за стырно –
і хутка паехаў.
Нічога не адбылося,
нават калі адбылося.

А я, што толькі на момант
бачыла іх (ці ня іх?),
у прынагодным вершыку
спрабую вам, чытачам,
давесьці, як гэта сумна.

Пераклаў Андрэй Хадановіч
Andrej Chadanowitsch
Language: swedish

Perspektiv

De gick om varann som främlingar,
utan en gest, utan ett ord,
hon på väg till affären,
han på väg till bilen.

Kanske i panik,
eller distraktion,
eller glömska av
att de en kort tid
älskat varann för alltid.

Det finns heller ingen garanti
att det var de.
På långt håll kanske, ja,
men inte alls på nära håll.

Jag såg dem uppifrån fönstret,
och tittar man von oben
ser man lättast fel.

Hon försvann bakom glasdörrarna,
han satte sig bakom ratten
och körde fort därifrån.
Inget hade alltså hänt
ens om det hade hänt.

Och jag som bara ett ögonblick
var säker på vad jag såg
försöker nu i en flyktig dikt
intala er, mina läsare,
att det var sorgligt att se.

Översättning: Anders Bodegård
Ur: Ett kolon (ellerströms, 2008)
© Anders Bodegård & ellerströms förlag
Language: estonian

Perspektiiv

Nad möödusid teineteisest nagu võõrad,
ühegi žesti või sõnata,
naine teel poodi,
mees auto juurde.

Võib-olla kiirustades
või hajameelselt,
või unustanult,
et lühikest aega
olid nad armastanud teineteist igavesti.

Muuseas, pole garantiid,
et need olid just nemad.
Võib-olla kaugelt jah,
aga lähedalt üldse mitte.

Ma märkasin neid aknast,
aga kes vaatab ülalt,
see võib kergesti eksida.

Naine kadus klaasuste vahele,
mees istus rooli taha
ja sõitis kiiresti minema.
Niisiis midagi ei juhtunud,
isegi kui juhtus.

Ja mina, ainult hetke
kindel selles, mida nägin,
proovin nüüd juhuslikus luuletuses
veenda Teid, mu Lugejad,
et see oli kurb.

Poola keelest tõlkinud Hendrik Lindepuu
Language: croatian

Perspektiva

Mimoišli su se kao neznanci,
bez gesta i riječi,
ona na putu u trgovinu,
on k automobilu.

Možda u panici
ili rasijanosti
ili zaboravu
kako su se kratko vrijeme
voljeli zauvijek.

Nema uostalom jamstva
da su to bili oni.
Možda izdaleka da,
a izbliza uopće ne.

Vidjela sam ih kroz prozor,
a tko gleda odozgor
taj najlakše griješi.

Ona je nestala iza staklenih vrata,
on je sjeo za volan
i brzo se odvezao.
Dakle ništa se nije zbilo
čak i ako je bilo.

A ja, tek na trenutak
sigurna što sam vidjela,
pokušavam sad prigodnom pjesmicom
uvjeriti Vas, Čitatelje,
da je to bilo tužno.

Prijevod Tanja Miletić Oručević
Language: russian

Перспектива

Разминулись как чужие,
без жеста и слова,
она по дороге в лавку,
он к машине.

Может, в смятенье
или рассеянности,
или позабыв,
что какое-то время
любили друг друга до гроба.

К тому же нет гарантии,
что это были они.
Может, издали так,
а вблизи не совсем.

Я увидела их из окна,
а кто глядит сверху,
скорей всего ошибается.

Она исчезла за стеклянной дверью,
он сел за руль
и уехал.
То есть ничего не произошло,
даже если произошло.

А я, всего лишь мгновенье
уверенная, что видела,
пытаюсь в случайном стихотвореньице
убедить вас, Читателей,
что было это печально.

Перевёл с польского Асар Эппель
«Иностранная литература», 2006, № 6, c. 3-19.

Asar Isayevich Eppel
Language: portuguese

Perspetiva

Passaram um pelo outro
como estranhos,
sem gestos nem palavras,
ela a caminho da loja,
ele indo para o carro.

Talvez alvoroçados
ou desatentos
ou esquecidos
de que por um instante
se amaram para sempre.

Aliás, não há garantia
que tenham sido eles.
Ao longe talvez sim,
mas ao perto não.

Observei-os da janela,
e quem olha de cima,
mais facilmente erra.

Ela sumiu para lá da porta de vidro,
ele sentou-se ao volante
e logo arrancou.
Ou seja, nada aconteceu
mesmo que tenha acontecido.

E eu, que por instantes pensei
estar certa do que via,
procuro agora nestes versos fortuitos
convencer-vos, caros leitores,
de que foi triste.

Tradução de Teresa Fernandes Swiatkiewicz
Com a colaboração do Leitorado do Camões, I.P. em Varsóvia

Teresa Swiatkiewicz
Language: dutch

Perspectief

Ze passeerden elkaar als vreemden,
zonder woord of gebaar,
zij op weg naar de winkel,
hij naar zijn auto.

Misschien in paniek
of verwarring,
of vergeten
dat ze zo korte tijd
voor altijd van elkaar hadden gehouden.

Er is trouwens geen garantie,
dat zij het waren.
Misschien van veraf wel,
maar zeker niet van dichtbij.

Ik zag ze vanuit mijn raam
maar wie van bovenaf kijkt,
vergist zich gemakkelijk.

Zij verdween achter een glazen deur,
hij nam plaats achter het stuur
en reed snel weg.
Kortom, er was niets gebeurd
zelfs al was het gebeurd.

En ik, maar eventjes
zeker van wat ik zag,
probeer nu in een toevallig gedichtje
u, lezers, te doen geloven,
dat dit verdrietig was.

Vertaald door Karol Lesman
uit: Wislawa Szymborska, Dubbele punt. De Geus, Breda 2007.
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Wisława Szymborska

photo © Michał Rusinek
* 02.07.1923, Kórnik, Polen, Poland
† 01.02.2012, Kraków, Polen, Poland

Wisława Szymborska, was born in 1923 in Kórnik and is one of the most famous and beloved polish poets, known as the "Mozart of Poetry". She moved to Kraków in 1931 where she lived and worked until her death in early 2012.

Szymborska began her studies of Polish Literature and Sociology, which she never finished, at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków after the end of World War II. She published her first poem Looking for words in the daily newspaper Dziennik Polski in march 1945. Like many communist intellectuals initially close to the official party line, Szymborska gradually grew estranged from socialist ideology and renounced her earlier political work. Although she did not officially leave the party until 1966, she began to establish contacts with dissidents. In 1953, Szymborska wrote book reviews and a poetry column called Lektury Nadobowiązkowe for the literary review magazine Życie Literackie (Literary Life). Many of her essays of this time were later published in book form. She also worked as a translator from French and German literature into Polish. 

 photo © Michał Rusinek
Szymborskas poetry is known for its irony and covers a wide range of topics, often relating to daily situations and its paradoxes and contradictions, seen from unusual points of view. In 1996, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. 

Publications
  • Dlatego żyjemy

    1952

  • Pytania zadawane sobie

    1954

  • Wołanie do Yeti

    1957

  • Sól

    1962

  • Sto pociech

    1967

  • Wszelki wypadek

    1972

  • Wielka liczba

    1976

  • Ludzie na moście

    1986

  • Koniec i początek

    1993

  • Chwila

    2002

  • Dwukropek

    2005

  • Tutaj

    2009

  • Wystarczy

    2012

Awards
  • 1954 City of Kraków Prize for Literature

  • 1963 Polish Ministry of Culture Prize

  • 1991 Goethe Prize

  • 1995 Herder Prize

  • 1995 Honorary Doctor of the Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań)

  • 1996 Polish PEN Club prize

  • 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature

  • 2011 Order of the White Eagle

Links
  • Szymborska Foundation

    Information on projects in polish and english

  • Wisława Szymborska @ planet lyrik

    Rezensionen und Pressestimmen zu einzelnen Gedichtbänden, Herausgaben sowie anderen Veröffentlichungen der Dichterin.

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