-
NEW!
'a shadow always follows behind me'
'我的身後,總跟著一個陰影'
by Yao Feng
-
NEW!
'in the plenary session'
'全體會議上'
by Yao Feng
-
NEW!
'many leading western brands expand into China'
'許多西方知名品牌進駐中國'
by Yao Feng
-
NEW!
'taking off everything that can be taken off'
'脱掉一切可以脱掉的'
by Yao Feng
-
NEW!
'the world hasn't changed'
'世界并没有改变'
by Yao Feng
-
14 • metaphor
之十四• 隱
by Chen Yuhong
-
16 • search
之十六• 索
by Chen Yuhong
-
27 • metaphor
之二七• 隱
by Chen Yuhong
-
A Body
جسد
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
A Change of Season
by Noshi Gillani
-
A Desire in the Bangles
by Gagan Gill
-
A Monkey at the Window
قردٌ على الشٍّباك
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
A Nightingale in the Cage of My Breast
by Farzaneh Khojandi
-
A Standard Shirt
साधारण कमीज
by Mohan Rana
-
A to Z
Ta'iyo Wow
by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'
-
A Woman's Portrait 1938
Lukisan Wanita 1938
by Toeti Heraty
-
After Midnight
तीसरा पहर
by Mohan Rana
-
Aguifreda Bay
Cala De Aiguafreda
by Pedro Serrano
-
Among These Ruins
Entre estas ruinas
by Coral Bracho
-
An Afternoon at Snowfall
by Dilawar Karadaghi
-
Another Word for It
होगा एक और शब्द
by Mohan Rana
-
Ants
by Gagan Gill
-
Are You the One?
أنْتَ مِنْهُم ؟!
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
NEW!
Arrogance
Aadmi
by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'
-
As the Past Approaches
आता हुआ अतीत
by Mohan Rana
-
At the Door of a Lonely Heart
على بابِ قلبٍ وحيد
by Abboud al Jabiri
-
At Thirty, the Party Is Over
by Choe Young-mi
-
Aural
Aural
by David Huerta
-
Autumn Leaves
by Shakir Shujaabadi
-
Back Again
by Farzaneh Khojandi
-
Bar
حان
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Beauty
by Partaw Naderi
-
Before You the Rain
by Tuvya Ruebner
-
Behind the Curtain
Detrás de la cortina
by Coral Bracho
-
Behind the Mass of Green
by Farzaneh Khojandi
-
Belongings
ممتلكات
by Abboud al Jabiri
-
Birds
by Kajal Ahmad
-
Black Poplars
Chopos
by Pedro Serrano
-
Branches That Thirst
Ramas de sed
by Limam Boicha
-
Breathless
لهاثْ
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Can Someone Bring Me My Entire Being?
by Noshi Gillani
-
NEW!
Cataclysm and Songs
O Cataclismo e as Canções
by Conceição Lima
-
Celia
Celia
by Gonzalo Rojas
-
Child, Go Home
by Gagan Gill
-
Children of the Sun and the Wind
Hijos del sol y del viento
by Mohammed Ebnu
-
Crossing
عُبور
by Abdullah al Ryami
-
Death of a Princess
Geeridii Ina Boqor
by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'
-
Deep in the Stillness
by Amrita Bharati
-
Desolation
by Partaw Naderi
-
NEW!
Dialect of Hurricanes
Dialecte des cyclones
by Franketienne
-
Did You Hear It Too?
क्या तुमने भी सुना
by Mohan Rana
-
Directions
by Kajal Ahmad
-
NEW!
Disorientation
Jahawareer
by Caasha Luul Mohamud Yusuf
-
Distant Yet Never So Close
Distantes y nunca tan próximos
by Blanca Varela
-
Dream
حلم
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
NEW!
Dreams
Karamma
by Maria Clara Sharupi Jua
-
Earth
by Partaw Naderi
-
Emigrant
Emigrante
by Corsino Fortes
-
Ends
نهايات
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Entropy in Wiesbaden
Entropia en Wiesbaden
by David Huerta
-
Evening Tea
Chai ya Jioni
by Euphrase Kezilahabi
-
Every Love
by Gagan Gill
-
Everything
كلُّ شَيْءْ
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
NEW!
Eyes Brimming with Beauty
Ishii Qurxda ka Dheregtey
by Axmed Shiikh Jaamac
-
Face Cloth
YÜZ HAVLUSU
by Sunay Akin
-
Fading
أفــــــول
by Abboud al Jabiri
-
Family Secret
Secreto de familia
by Blanca Varela
-
NEW!
Far From Baghdad
Loin de Bagdad
by Abdellatif Laâbi
-
Far-Off Settlements
Poblaciones Lejanas
by Coral Bracho
-
Fare Well, Thank You
by Tuvya Ruebner
-
Fish
by Gagan Gill
-
Floods
Mafuriko
by Euphrase Kezilahabi
-
Flowers and Man
by Pir Muhammad Karwaan
-
Flute Player
by Farzaneh Khojandi
-
Forgotten by Time
by Farzaneh Khojandi
-
Frog
Bidxi
by Víctor Terán
-
from Ten Songs for a Friend
Dez chamamentos ao amigo
by Hilda Hilst
-
From the Palm of My Hand
Ndaani' batanaya'
by Víctor Terán
-
NEW!
from The Shepherd
from O Pastor
by Conceição Lima
-
From This Light
Desde Esta Luz
by Coral Bracho
-
Garden Statues
تماثيل الحدائق
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Geneva in July
Geneva Bulan Juli
by Toeti Heraty
-
Ghazal
Ham ki maGaluub-e-gumaa.N the pahale
by Kishwar Naheed
-
NEW!
Grandmother Moon
Nonna Luna
by Ribka Sibhatu
-
NEW!
Harmony
Cuddoon
by Caasha Luul Mohamud Yusuf
-
Heaven's Kitchen
Cocina del Paraíso
by David Huerta
-
Here
by Gagan Gill
-
Hope Against Hope
by Shakir Shujaabadi
-
Horizon
أفق
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
NEW!
Houses and People
บ้านเรือนและผู้คน
by Angkarn Chantatip
-
How Hard It Is to Manage Life
by Noshi Gillani
-
I Am I
Mimi Ni Mimi
by Alamin Mazrui
-
I Am Not the Man
by Tuvya Ruebner
-
I Crossed
Nilivuka
by Alamin Mazrui
-
I Go Bodiless
incorpóreo paseo
by Blanca Varela
-
I Know Your Body
Guidúbilu' runebia'ya',
by Víctor Terán
-
I Reveal Myself
by Fatena Al-Gharra
-
I Say Nothing Anywhere
by Noshi Gillani
-
I Still Have Time
by Partaw Naderi
-
I Woke With Your Name
Bibaneniá' lalu'
by Víctor Terán
-
Improvisations on a Poem
by Chen Yuhong
-
NEW!
In Prison
Kifungoni
by Alamin Mazrui
-
In the Company of Michelangelo
صُحْبَة مايكل انجلو
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
In the Stillness of a Word
by Amrita Bharati
-
In Your Own Words
अपनी कही बात
by Mohan Rana
-
Insight
by Noshi Gillani
-
It Happens Again
by Amrita Bharati
-
Jogging in Jakarta
Jogging Di Jakata
by Toeti Heraty
-
Just a Little Hope Is Needed
by Gagan Gill
-
Just Yesterday
Neegue' ca
by Víctor Terán
-
Kafi
Kafi
by Rifat Abbas
-
Kanjika: Some Lamentations 2
by Gagan Gill
-
Kanjika: Some Lamentations 3
by Gagan Gill
-
Kept On Compromising on Life
by Noshi Gillani
-
Kinder Than Miriam
by Kajal Ahmad
-
Kudu
Madax Goodir
by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'
-
La Luna
La Luna
by Lale Muldur
-
Lamps
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Last Conversation with the Sky
by Noshi Gillani
-
Let That Fine Rain Fall
Que caiga esa lluvia fina
by Coral Bracho
-
Letter from Bia d'Ideal
Carta de bia d’ideal
by Corsino Fortes
-
Letter from Oslo
Surat Dari Oslo
by Toeti Heraty
-
Like a Desert Flower
by Parween Faiz Zadah Malaal
-
NEW!
Like Red-Hot Lava
Como lava candente
by Maria Clara Sharupi Jua
-
Lines on Wood
Los versos de la madera
by Limam Boicha
-
Longing
تَوق
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Longing
by Mengistu Lemma
-
Lucky Men
Lucky Men
by Partaw Naderi
-
NEW!
Make Me Drunk with Your Kisses
Mejentsamek anamrukia
by Maria Clara Sharupi Jua
-
Mandela
Mandheela
by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'
-
Marks of Time
Trazo del tiempo
by Coral Bracho
-
NEW!
Message from a Martyr
رسالة من شهيد
by Mbarka Mint al-Barra'
-
Minitopography of Santa Isabel
Minitopografia De Santa Isabel
by Marcelo Ensema Nsang
-
Moon
Beeu
by Víctor Terán
-
Mother Africa
Madre Africa
by Ribka Sibhatu
-
Mountain Child
Mountain child
by Nirmala Putul
-
Mourning Kanjikaa
by Gagan Gill
-
Movements
تنقلات
by Fatena Al-Gharra
-
Must Escape
by Farzaneh Khojandi
-
NEW!
My Abebà
La mia Abebà
by Ribka Sibhatu
-
My Fall
Dxi Biaba'
by Victor de la Cruz
-
My Voice
by Partaw Naderi
-
NEW!
Never Forget!
Dhab u Xusuusnaada!
by Saado Cabdi Amarre
-
Nine Years Later - A Poem Dated
Nueve años después - UN POEMA FECHADO
by David Huerta
-
Not What the Words...
अर्थ शब्दों में नहीं तुम्हारे भीतर है
by Mohan Rana
-
Nothing
لا شَيْءْ
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
October Landscape
by Hiren Bhattacharjya
-
Of Their Eyes Adorned with Crystal Sands
De sus ojos ornados de arenas vítreas
by Coral Bracho
-
On a Colourful Morning
by Partaw Naderi
-
NEW!
One Day
يوماً
by Hazim Al-Temimi
-
One Day When You Look For Me
One Day When You Look for Me
by Victor de la Cruz
-
Only
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Only for a Day
by Gagan Gill
-
Open and Shut
Abres y cierras
by David Huerta
-
NEW!
Orphan
Agoon
by Caasha Luul Mohamud Yusuf
-
NEW!
Other People's Hell, Other People's Heaven
นรกและสวรรค์ของคนอื่น
by Angkarn Chantatip
-
Our Old Bed
فراشنا القديم
by Abdullah al Ryami
-
Passing Cloud
Fad Galbeed
by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'
-
NEW!
Perfection
Dhabeel
by Faysal Aw-Cabdi Axmed
-
Please Bring a Token Home from Each Journey
by Noshi Gillani
-
Please Don't Give Birth!
ًرجـاءً لا تَلِـددي
by Abdullah al Ryami
-
Poem by Gottfried Benn
Poema de Gottfried Benn
by David Huerta
-
Poem of the Nile
قصيدة النيل - قراءة الشمس
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Poetry and I
انا والشعر
by Mbarka Mint al-Barra'
-
NEW!
Politics
Siyaasad
by Jaamac Kadiye Cilmi
-
Portrait: Mr Dreamer of Butterflies After a Long Illness in Bed
by Chen Yuhong
-
Post Scriptum
Post Scriptum
by Toeti Heraty
-
Postcards from the High Seas
Postais do Mar Alto
by Corsino Fortes
-
Prayer
صَلاةْ
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Prayer
Plegaria
by David Huerta
-
Pregnancy
by Kajal Ahmad
-
Prose Poem
Prose Poem
by Suresh Dalal
-
Radiance
سطوع
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Rain
باران
by Reza Mohammadi
-
Rain
by Kajal Ahmad
-
NEW!
Recollection
Gocasho
by Caasha Luul Mohamud Yusuf
-
Record
ورقة
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Relative
by Partaw Naderi
-
Remission
غــفــــران
by Abboud al Jabiri
-
Saguia
Saguia
by Zahra el Hasnaui
-
Sahara
Sáhara
by Mohammed Ebnu
-
Seeds in Flight
by Khaled Abdallah
-
Seer
Uurkubbaale
by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'
-
Self-Misunderstood
Garaad-daran
by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'
-
Shakir, How Strange
by Shakir Shujaabadi
-
She
Carshigii Jamaalka
by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'
-
She Too
by Tuvya Ruebner
-
Siesta
قيلولة
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Six Variations on Love
Xhoopa' diidxa' ruí' xiinga guendaranaxhii
by Víctor Terán
-
Small Fox
ثعلب صغير
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Some of Them Live with You
بعضُهنَّ يقيمُ عندكْ
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Someone
كائن
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Song
أغنية
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Sorrows of the Black City
أحزان المدينة السوداء
by Muhammad al-Fayturi
-
Speed
سرعة
by Abdullah al Ryami
-
Spell for September
Conjuro desde Septiembre
by David Huerta
-
Spring
بهار
by Reza Mohammadi
-
Spring Is Coming
by Farzaneh Khojandi
-
Star Rise
by Partaw Naderi
-
Stolen Apple
by Farzaneh Khojandi
-
Stone Is Better
by Kajal Ahmad
-
Survivors
by Choe Young-mi
-
Swallows
Golondrinas
by Pedro Serrano
-
Sympathy
رفقة
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
NEW!
Taste
Dookh
by Caasha Luul Mohamud Yusuf
-
That Space, That Garden
Ese espacio, ese jardín
by Coral Bracho
-
The Banana Plant
Mgomba
by Euphrase Kezilahabi
-
The Bloody Epitaph
by Partaw Naderi
-
The Blue-Eyed Blackbird
कुछ कहना
by Mohan Rana
-
The Breeze Rewrites
by Noshi Gillani
-
The Burden of Life
O peso da vida!
by Eduardo White
-
The Caesarean of Three Continents
A cesariana dos três continentes
by Corsino Fortes
-
The Child is Father of the Man
The Child is Father of the Man
by David Huerta
-
The Church in Siguenza
Capilla en Siguenza
by Pedro Serrano
-
The Colour of Water
पानी का रंग
by Mohan Rana
-
The Evening News and the Roof of the World
पार्क और शाम के समाचार और दुनिया की सबसे ऊँची छत
by Mohan Rana
-
The Flower is Torn at the Heart
by Noshi Gillani
-
The Fruit-Seller's Philosophy
by Kajal Ahmad
-
The Letter
by Kajal Ahmad
-
The Life of the Living Room
Vida de living
by Tamara Kamenszain
-
The Lonely Earth
by Kajal Ahmad
-
The Lost Button
زِرٌّ مَفقـُودْ
by Fatena Al-Gharra
-
The Lost Child
Si Anak Hilang
by Sitor Situmorang
-
The Mirror
by Partaw Naderi
-
The Moon Is High
The Moon Is High
by Toeti Heraty
-
The Morning Post
सुबह की डाक
by Mohan Rana
-
The North Wind Whips
Biete bi
by Víctor Terán
-
The Photograph
फोटोग्राफ में
by Mohan Rana
-
The Poet's Fate
कवि का हाल
by Mohan Rana
-
The Rooster's Crow
El canto del gallo
by Coral Bracho
-
The Schoolchildren
Escolares
by Pedro Serrano
-
NEW!
The Sea-Migrations
Tahriib
by Caasha Luul Mohamud Yusuf
-
The Speaking Hour
الساعة الناطقة
by Abdullah al Ryami
-
NEW!
The Speech of Our Language
Hawraarta Afkeenna
by Jaamac Kadiye Cilmi
-
NEW!
The Voice?
Sauti?
by Alamin Mazrui
-
The Washerman
धोबी
by Mohan Rana
-
The Wind, Too, Can Change Direction
by Noshi Gillani
-
The Winds of Time
Upepo wa Wakati
by Euphrase Kezilahabi
-
NEW!
The Word Cutter
Mkata wa maneno
by Alamin Mazrui
-
The Word I Forgot
Diidxa' Bisiaanda'
by Victor de la Cruz
-
NEW!
The Writer's Rights
Xaqa suxufiga
by Caasha Luul Mohamud Yusuf
-
Theatre
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
There Was a Heart that Burnt Out: Light
by Noshi Gillani
-
There Was a Time When I Loved Alone
by Noshi Gillani
-
They Pounced at Dawn
They Pounced at Dawn
by Ismaciil Mire
-
Thirteen Attempts on the Life of Trivial Love
Trece intenciones contra el amor trivial
by David Huerta
-
This Prisoner Breathes
by Noshi Gillani
-
Thread in a Spider's Web
Hilo en una tela de araña
by Coral Bracho
-
NEW!
Three Contemporary Truths
Três Verdades Contemporâneas
by Conceição Lima
-
Throne
عَرشْ
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Tiris
Tiris
by Ali Salem Iselmu
-
To Catch Butterflies
by Noshi Gillani
-
To Offer a Hand
by Tuvya Ruebner
-
To the Lost Children
खोए बच्चों के नाम
by Mohan Rana
-
Totality
مَدارْ
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
Touch Me
Niguse
by Alamin Mazrui
-
Touches Its Depths and Is Stirred Up
Toca su fondo y se remueve
by Coral Bracho
-
NEW!
Travellers
Viajantes
by Conceição Lima
-
Two Women
Dua Wanita
by Toeti Heraty
-
NEW!
Ugh! Television is Disgusting
CAKU TV-ga!
by Axmed Shiikh Jaamac
-
Uncle Abdur-Raheem
ما يغشاك شر
by Mohamed Al-Hassan Hummaid
-
Veins of Salt
Hebras de Sal
by Coral Bracho
-
Virginity
La Verginità
by Ribka Sibhatu
-
Wasp on Water
Una avispa sobre el agua
by Coral Bracho
-
Water of Jellyfish
Agua de bordes lúbricos
by Coral Bracho
-
We Are Reborn
از نوبه دنیا می آییم
by Reza Mohammadi
-
Weaving a World
العالم نسيج الأصابع
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
-
When I Arrived the Place Was
by Tuvya Ruebner
-
When Morning Breaks
Konde Palmanhã Manchê
by Corsino Fortes
-
Whirlwind
Yudé cuyaa
by Víctor Terán
-
Woman of Mint
امرَأَةُ النِعْنَاعْ
by Fatena Al-Gharra
-
Woods
by Liu Qiyu
-
NEW!
Word
Parola
by Ribka Sibhatu
-
You Deserted Me in Rohi
by Shakir Shujaabadi
-
You Know Only Dreams
by Noshi Gillani
-
NEW!
You Understand
Waad Garan Lahaydeene
by Saado Cabdi Amarre
-
You Will Not Manage to Hurt Me
Qui zunihuarálu' naa
by Víctor Terán
-
You Will Say Night
by Gagan Gill
-
You Will Turn in Your Sleep
by Gagan Gill
-
Your Memory
Xhiuuba' be
by Víctor Terán
-
Your Name
Lá lu'
by Víctor Terán
You can read three versions of each poem: the original, a literal translation and a final translation. We hope the latter works as an effective new poem in English, while staying close to the original poet’s intention.
Recently added
Refine the list
Filter by country
Filter by language
© Poetry Translation Centre 2004-2012
