Untitled - Azam Abidov - poet and translator

JURAJ KUNIAK
Juraj Kuniak, Slovakia, studied electrical engineering in Prague (Czech
Republic) and received MBA degree at the Nottingham Trent University
(UK). Worked as a development engineer, a publisher and a businessman.
He survived the drama of the medico-mountaineering expedition to Pamir
in 1990. On his return he founded the ROCK ROSE publishing house.
Published 12 books of poetry, poetic prose and essay. His works have been
translated into numerous languages. The poetic prose “Man in the wind”
(2005) published in English represents a poetry experiment inspired by
Writers Walk in Sydney. Further titles in English are the poetry books “A
Bit of the World´s Space” (2006) and “Cor cordi” (2007). The book “The
line of the horizon” (2008) brings one poem in 27 languages. The book
“Mystery of Landscape” (2008) presents a dialogue of two authors, the
poet Juraj Kuniak and the Slovak painter Jan Kudlicka. This representative
book was chosen as The Most Beautiful Book of Slovakia and received
The Prize of Slovak Literary Fund. His newest poems collection is called
“Notebook of a Lyrical Correspondent” (2008).
JOY
Look at
the green, how it climbs from valleys to heights!
It always manages.
When it makes the crest and joins the sheepfolds,
then reigns Spring ...
Do you feel the joy of that last word?
The skies of heaven are proud. If not, I am.
Skies are skies, I grant,
most happily when they spread out, clean, rinsed,
horizon to horizon,
but the expression, if you catch my drift,
has depth and power
and hope,
all these appear even in a torn black cloud.
That power to be green! But I don’t know,
I’ll never manage it. Much easier to go off to the sky.
The higher, the more joy ...
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