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MPT’s winter issue ‘In a Winter City'
EDITORIAL: Hungarian poetry has had a huge impact on my writing life. My first attempts at translation were at The Hungarian Translators’ House near Lake Balaton, when the British Council paired me with a young Hungarian poet, Anna T Szabo...
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Driving Along in a Comfortable Car…
Bertolt Brecht Driving along in a comfortable car
On a rainy country road
We saw a raggedy man at nightfall
Who waved to us to give him a lift , and gave a deep bow.Translated by David Constantine and Tom Kuhn
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Weak
Ferenc L Hyross islands of ice upstairs, splitting, a
forehead breaking them, behind the
forehead is a body with a belly,
under its fastened door is a
helplessly rustling black heart, tiny
organ. cheekbone on the floor,
jawbone and tiles. it’s cold...Translated by JL Williams and Ferenc L Hyross
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While We Wait for Sunrise, 23rd May 1912
Margit Kaffka Faltering dawn, the Avenue: a stammer of light. Yesterday’s
waiters hover tired, yet a fresh brew steams the air and a single
cloud splits from yellow to blue above the park, above
the boulevard of perfumed girls...Translated by Mary-Jane Holmes
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Mirror Image
Kinga Fabó A pair of glances intersecting.
Between the two the image dances.
Only between this pair of glances
Do I exist as something seen,
This hook and eye of glance and light
– working down the lines of sight –Translated by George Szirtes
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