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Jana Orlová

[Po zimě ještě měla]

  • 1 New [Slétává mezi pavučinu ros] | Translations: deen
  • 2 New [Vyšívám Měsíc] | Translations: deenes
  • 3 New [Po zimě ještě měla] | Translations: deenesplro
  • 4 New [Miluješ pokrok] | Translations: deenesplro
  • 5 New [Můj milenec mrdá až to bolí] | Translations: deenplro
  • 6 New [Když se udělal] | Translations: deenplro
  • 7 New [Ve svém životě jsem cizinkou] | Translations: deenplro
  • 8 New [Já jsem ten, kdo prosí ďábly] | Translations: deenplro
  • 9 New Staří bohové jsou stále online | Translations: deenro
  • 10 New Duše nemá gender | Translations: de
Language: czech
Translations: german ([Nach dem Winter hatte sie noch]), english ([After winter she still had]), spanish ([Tras el invierno aún tenía]), polish ([Po zimie miała jeszcze]), romanian ([La sfârșitul iernii încă avea])
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[Po zimě ještě měla]

Po zimě ještě měla
ztuhlé maso
když ji roubovali do dřeva
ručně

Žádné zranění
které by stálo za řeč
a šeptání dlaní
puklinou

Prababička stojí u okna
a čeká milence
Prababička čeká milence
a nosí vodu na oheň
Prababička čeká milence
a její manžel spí

Na statku je všechno v pořádku

© Jana Orlová
From: Újedě
Brno: Větrné mlýny, 2017
Audio production: Jana Orlová, 2022
Categories: family

Translations:

Language: german

[Nach dem Winter hatte sie noch]

Nach dem Winter hatte sie noch

starres Fleisch

Als man sie händisch zu Holz

veredelte


Nicht eine Verletzung

nicht der Rede wert

und ein Flüstern durch die Hand

durch den Spalt


Die Urgroßmutter steht am Fenster

und erwartet ihren Geliebten

Die Urgroßmutter erwartet ihren Geliebten

und holt Wasser für das Feuer

Die Urgroßmutter erwartet ihren Geliebten

und ihr Ehemann schläft


Am Gutshof ist alles gut

Übersetzung: Julia Miesenböck
Language: english

[After winter she still had]

After winter she still had

toughened meat

when they grafted her into wood

by hand


No wounds

that would be worth speaking about

and whispering through a palm

through a crack


Great-grandmother stands at the window

and awaits a lover

Great-grandmother awaits a lover

and carries water for the fire

Great-grandmother awaits a lover

and her husband is sleeping


Everything is fine on the farm

Translation: Nathan Fields
Language: spanish

[Tras el invierno aún tenía]

Tras el invierno aún tenía

la carne correosa

cuando la injertaron en la madera

a mano


Ningua herida

digna de mención

y los susurros de las manos

a través de una fisura


La bisabuela está junto a la ventana

y espera a un amante

La bisabuela espera a un amante

y lleva aqua al fuego

La bisabuela espera a un amante

y su marido duerme


En la hacienda todo está en orden

Traducción: Elena Buixaderas
Language: polish

[Po zimie miała jeszcze]

Po zimie miała jeszcze

zesztywniałe mięso

kiedy wszczepiali ją w drewno

ręcznie


Żadnych urazów

o których warto byłoby wspominać

i szeptanie dłoni

w rozpadlinie


Prababcia stoi przy oknie

i czeka na kochanka

Prababcia czeka na kochanka

i nosi wodę do ognia

Prababcia czeka na kochanka

a jej mąż śpi


W gospodarstwie wszystko gra

Tłumaczenie: Zofia Bałdyga
Language: romanian

[La sfârșitul iernii încă avea]

La sfârșitul iernii încă avea

carnea încremenită de îngheț

când au altoit-o manual

de un lemn


Nu există leziuni

care să merite a se discuta

sau a se vorbi în șoaptă despre ele

în palmă o crăpătură


Străbunica stă la fereastră

și așteaptă un amant

Străbunica așteaptă un amant

și duce apă la foc

Străbunica așteaptă un amant

și soțul ei doarme


La fermă totul este în ordine

Traducere: Mircea Dan Duta
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Jana Orlová

photo © Dirk Skiba
* 05.10.1986, Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic
lives in: Praha, Czech Republic

Jana Orlová is a poet, performance artist and researcher. In Czech, she has published three books of poetry: “Sniff the Fire” with her own illustrations in 2012, “Újedě” in 2017 and “You Won’t Run Away” in 2022. Her works appeared in the “Best Czech Poems” anthology in 2014 and 2018. She released selections of her poetry in Polish in 2021, Ukrainian and Romanian in 2019. In 2020, she released an English ebook in India. Her poems have been translated also into Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, or Italian.
Orlová treats performance art as living poetry. She gained the “Breakthrough Act Award 2017” at Next Wave Festival for “crossing the boundaries of literature, fine art and theatre naturally and with ease”. The Dardanica Prize followed in 2020.
Her theoretical and artistic background enables her to work both as a curator and art critic. In late 2021, she earned a PhD. degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (theory department). As a researcher, she is focused on performance art and borderline art forms.

 photo © Valentyn Kuzan
Publications
  • Čichat oheň

    Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2013

  • Újedě

    Brno: Větrné mlýny, 2017

  • Падло й інші вірші

    Lviv: Krok books, 2019

  • Mă fuţi din milă

    Bucharest: Fractalia, 2019

  • Choice of Lipstick

    India: Shopizen, 2020

  • Nie uciekniesz

    Kraków: Papier w dole, 2021

  • Neutečeš

    Brno: Větrné mlýny, 2022

  • Pus

    København: Det Poetiske Bureaus Forlag, 2022

Awards
  • 2020 Dardanica Prize

  • 2021 Le Occasioni: Best foreign author

Links
  • Jana Orlová’s website

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