***[Kõige suurem ja kurvem]

Kõige suurem ja kurvem
on muskusveiseüksindus
Taimõri tundras
kus see asub
ei tea ka muskusveis
kas ta aimab et on
Ovibos moschatus
ja ta kurva turja
melanhoolse maski
taha varjab end keegi
kes pole üldse tümikas
ta kaapab sõraga
lootusetut igikeltsa
sinna alla jäi vist
midagi sooja ja head
alles auravat

© Veronika Kivisilla
From: Kallis kalender
Verb, 2011
ISBN: 9789949912407
Audio production: Eesti Kirjanduse Teabekeskus [Estonian Literature Centre], 2014

***[The greatest and saddest loneliness]

The greatest and saddest loneliness
is that of the muskox
on the Taymyr tundra
where that lies
the muskox knows not, either
does it grasp that it is
Ovibos moschatus
and that behind the melancholic mask
of its sad scruff
is hiding someone
who isn't obtuse at all
with its hoof, it paws
the hopeless permafrost
something warm and good
was probably left down there
still steaming

 

Translated from Estonian by Adam Cullen