Featured poems

Portrait of Farzaneh Khojandi

Back Again

written by Farzaneh Khojandi
translated by Jo Shapcott

The messenger of hope
died halfway along the road.

Back Again  in the original language

The first two lines of the poem titled Back Again

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Portrait of Conceição Lima

Cataclysm and Songs

written by Conceição Lima
translated by The Poetry Translation Workshop

Happy what's left of me after I'm gone
If only one of the songs sung

O Cataclismo e as Canções

Feliz o que de mim restar, depois de mim
Se uma só das canções cantadas

Portrait of Tuvya Ruebner

Fare Well, Thank You

written by Tuvya Ruebner
translated by The Poetry Translation Workshop

Fare well, thank you
for coming, what

Fare Well, Thank You in the original language

The first two lines of the poem titled Fare Well, Thank You

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Welcome to The Poetry Translation Centre’s website. We’re a small organisation dedicated to translating contemporary poetry from Africa, Asia and Latin America. To date, we've translated 279 poems written in 24 different languages by 66 poets from 34 countries. On our website you'll find all these poems both in translation and in their original language, plus photos and videos of our events and information about what we do and how we translate.

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