Jan Kaus

estonian

Adam Cullen

english

***[Igatsen igavikku]

Igatsen igavikku
aga näha on vaid agullikku räpasust.
Käisin eile luikede tiigil
silmitsesin linde
läksin restorani parti sööma.
Selles restoranis oli kunagi istunud
kuulus poeet.
Ilus aga vaene.

© Jan Kaus
Audio production: Eesti Kirjanduse Teabekeskus [Estonian Literature Centre]

***[I long for eternity]

I long for eternity
but all I can see is slummy filth.
I went to a swan pond yesterday,
watched the birds,
then went to have duck at a restaurant.
A famous poet once sat
in that same establishment.
Beautiful, but poor.

Translated by Adam Cullen