Featured poems
Thread in a Spider's Web
written by Coral Bracho
translated by Katherine Pierpoint
A little stream, drawn by the magnets of air and light,
and flowing like time, like copper forming,
Hilo en una tela de araña
Un arroyo imantado por la brisa y la luz,
un transcurrir cobrizo es el hilo que fluye
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Breathless
written by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
translated by Sarah Maguire
Your heart thumps —
as if she were already
لهاثْ
كأنَّها تَقتربُ من البابِ
تسمعُ دقات قلبِكَ
Cat Lying in Wait
written by Shakila Azizzada
translated by Mimi Khalvati
They don't bode well,
these words.
کمین گربه
شگوم ندارد
این واژه ها
Welcome
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 374 poems written in 27 different languages by 82 poets from 38 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.
What's going on
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PTC Wins ACE Catalyst Grant to Help Develop Fundraising Capacity
08/05/2013
We're delighted to announce that a consortium headed by the PTC, in partnership with Modern Poetry in Translation and Poetry London, has been awarded a grant by the Arts Council's Catalyst Fundraising scheme.
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Workshop on Sudanese poet, Ateif Khieri, with Samuel Wilder
Wednesday 29th May 2013
Samuel Wilder joins us for a workshop on the poetry of Ateif Khieri, one of the leading Sudanese poets of his generation and a close friend of Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, who will introduce us to Ateif's poetry.
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Workshop on Poetry from Thailand by Angkarn Chantatip
Wednesday 15th May 2013
Tracey Martin joined us for another workshop on the poetry of Angkarn Chantatip from Thailand in which we translated a delicate and suggestive poem concerned with the plight of the homeless
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