Knuts Skujenieks

Ciešā jumī

Idioma: letón
Traducciones: lituano (Glaudus keimarys), croata (Prepleteni), inglés (Intertwined)

Ciešā jumī

kad cilvēki lasīs šos pinumus rūgtos
šos vārdus nesauktos neizlūgtos
un domās par to kas tādus ir devis
kā tur būs vairāk? manis vai tevis?
kad cilvēki domās par vientuļu garu
kas spēj pat no bezspēka izskaldīt staru
ja sacīs labi vēl pasaule staro
vai viņi zinās kas staru baro?
es pats to nezinu mīļā mana
tu tālā un dobjā kā zvanīšana
es nezinu to bet es tevi jūtu
un atkal rindu uz papīra sūtu
tu drebi kā gaiss no putna vēdām
pār manām cerībām manām bēdām
mēs varam šķirties kā padebeši
bet nevaram atmosties auksti un sveši
priekš citiem aizliegt viens otru varam
bet pašiem sev mums nepaiet garām
mēs varam rūgties ka dzīve vīla
bet mūs tura važās ne tikai mīla
no kopīga krama mums uguns viena
no kopīga dvēseles pavediena
ja nogursi zini ka cilvēki lasīs
un atkal un atkal pēc stara prasīs
un ciešā jumī mēs esam radi
es tevi dziedu tu mani vadi
un katrā burtā ir tava dvaša
un tikai puse no manis paša

© Knuts Skujenieks
De: Raksti: Dzeja 1963–1969
Rīga: Nordik, 2002
ISBN: 978-9984-675-80-0
Producción de Audio: Latvijas Literatūras centrs, 2015

Knuts Skujenieks

Foto © Nėrijus Jankauskas
* 05.09.1936, Riga, Letonia
Vive en: Salaspils, Letonia
Poet, translator and literary critic Knuts Skujenieks was born in Riga in 1936. He studied Latvian at the University of Latvia and concluded his studies at the Maxim Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow in 1961. While still a young poet, in 1962 Skujenieks was arrested, accused of “anti-Soviet propaganda” and sentenced to seven years in a forced labour camp in Mordovia. During his imprisonment Skujenieks continued to write poetry (where he wrote some 1000 poems), which could not be published after his release. Despite Skujenieks’ steady and distinctive mark on the poetic process, his first book was published when he had already reached the age of 42, quite uncharacteristic for a Latvian poet’s debut.

Foto © Nėrijus Jankauskas
After his release from the forced labour camp, Skujenieks returned to Latvia and focused on translating poetry, becoming a polyglot and one of the most respected experts in a variety of poetical traditions. He translates from Ukrainian, Slovene, Spanish, Serbian, Macedonian, Greek, Polish, Lithuanian, Finnish, Swedish, Danish as well as from Czech and a number of other languages. His translations include works by Federico García Lorca, Gabriela Mistral, Janis Ricos, Tomas Tranströmer, Inger Christensen and others, as well as the folk songs of many European nations. The year 2001 saw the publication of the unique book ‘Dziesma, ej viegli pa manu sirdi’ (Oh Song, Tread Lightly in My Heart), in which Skujenieks presents a selection of 20th century poetry from 72 European languages in both the original versions and his translations.

Since 2002 his entire body of poetry is being published as part of his Collected Works. Skujenieks is the recipient of a number of Latvian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Swedish and Spanish literary and national awards, and for many years has been the chairman of the Latvian PEN. Skujenieks is a laureate of the Cross of Recognition, Second Class (2008), a Latvian medal of honour. In 2008, he was awarded the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature (2008) for his Writings, the collected works in eight volumes. 
Publicaciones

  • Lirika un balsis

    [Poetry]

    Riga: Liesma Publ., 1978

  • Iesien baltā lakatiņā

    [Poetry]

    Riga: Liesma Publ., 1986

  • Sēkla sniegā

    [Poetry]

    Riga: Liesma Publ., 1990

  • Mūsu dzīve nokalpotā

    [Poetry]

    Rīga: Nordik, 2007

  • Kopoti raksti

    Raksti 8 sējumos

    [Collected Works]

    Riga: Nordik, 2003-2008

Premios

  • 1998 The Tomas Tranströmer Prize

  • 2008 Cross of Recognition (Latvian: Atzinības krusts), Second Class

  • 2008 Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature

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