Words and Worlds (Basque and other minoritized languages) Double Issue Spring/Fall 2004

Spring and Fall 2004
12.1-2

The following is the Table of Contents from the Spring/Fall 2004 edition of Metamorphoses.
Some of the selections are linked and available on-line; the complete edition,
including the original language versions for the poetry, is only available in print.

Thalia Pandiri:

• Editorial, page 16.

Hugo Claus, Translated from Flemish into English by Luc Gilleman:

• Old Man with Pig, page 20.

Reyes Lázaro:

• INTRODUCTION to the Words and Worlds Double Issue, page 22.

Bernardo Atxaga:

• Antzinako Bihotz,page 43.
  • Original Basque.
• Araico Corazón, page 45.
  • Basque into Spanish translation.
• Confession, page 47.
  • Original Spanish and Basque.
    
  • Spanish into English translation by Reyes Lázaro and Dan Murphy.
• The Death and Life of Words, page 56.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into Spanish translation by the poet.
    
  • Basque into English translation by Reyes Lázaro and Sarah Moon.
• Written in the USA, page 62.
  • Original Spanish.
  • Spanish into English translation by Margaret Jull Costa.
• Gau Izartsua, page 68.
  • English into Basque translation of Anne Sexton’s Starry Night by Bernardo Atxaga.

Itxaro Borda:

• From Poems of the Infinite Silence, page 69.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into French translation by the poet.
    
  • Basque into English translation by Iñaki Mendiguren and Sarah J. Turtle.

Harakaitz Cano:

• 12 Sardines for Immediate Consumption, page 88.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into English translation by Justin Crumbaugh.
• Late Breaking News, page 90.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into English translation by Justin Crumbaugh.
• Momentua, page 92.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into English translation by Justin Crumbaugh.
• Poetry is Fiction (That’s Bull), page 96.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into English translation by Justin Crumbaugh and Sarah Moon.

Ferida Durakovic:

• Book of Dreams, page 100.
  • Bosnian into English translation by Nuala ní Dhomhnaill.
• From the Textbook of Slavic Mythology
  • English and Bosnian into Irish translation by Nuala ní Dhomhnaill, page 101.
    
  • English into Spanish translation by Reyes Lázaro, page 102.
    
  • Bosnian and Irish into English translation by Nuala ní Dhomhnaill, page 103.
• Georg Trakl on the Battlefield Revisited, 1993.
  • English into Spanish translation by Reyes Lázaro, page 104.
    
  • Bosnian into Irish translation by Nuala ní Dhomhnaill, page 105.
    
  • Bosnian into English translation by Nuala ní Dhomhnaill, page 106.
• Good Evening the Guest is Gone, page 107.
  • Bosnian into English translation by Nuala ní Dhomhnaill.
• It’s April.
  • English and Bosnian into Irish translation by Nuala ní Dhomhnaill, page 108.
    
  • English into Spanish translation by Reyes Lázaro, page 109.
    
  • Bosnian into English translation by Nuala ní Dhomhnaill, page 110.
• November, Raging Through Rooms, page 111.
  • Bosnian into English translation by Nuala ní Dhomhnaill.
• On What I Have Known for a Long Time, page 112.
  • Bosnian into English translation by Nuala ní Dhomhnaill.
• The Writer Contemplates His Homeland While a Famous Postmodernist Enters the City, page 113.
  • Bosnian into English translation by Nuala ní Dhomhnaill.

Menna Elfyn:

• The Shape She Makes, page 114.
  • Original Welsh.
    
  • Welsh into English translation by Elin ap Hywet.
• Song of a Voiceless Person to British Telecom, page 118.
  • Original Welsh.
  • Welsh into English translation by R.S. Thomas.

Maite González Esnal, Spanish into English translation by Phoebe Porter:

• Blackbirds in the Cornfield, page 122.

Tere Irastortza:

• Hawking, page 130.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into Spanish translation by Eli Tolaretxipi.
    
  • Spanish into English translation by Phillip Jenkins.
• Untitled, page 133.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into Spanish translation by Eli Tolaretxipi.
    
  • Spanish into English translation by Reyes Lázaro and Sarah Moon.
• Untitled, page 136.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into Spanish translation by Eli Tolaretxipi.
    
  • Spanish into English translation by Reyes Lázaro and Sarah Moon.

Maria-Mercé Marçal, Catalan into English translation by Kathleen McNerney:

• Solstici, page 139.
  • Original Catalan.

Miren Agur Meabe:

• Brief Notes (1), page 143.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into English translation by Amaia Gabantxo.
• The Code, page 145.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into English translation by Amaia Gabantxo.
• Notes on How to Avoid Memory Loss (2), page 147.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into English translation by Amaia Gabantxo.
• Notes on Anguish (2), page 149.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into English translation by Amaia Gabantxo.

Julia Oxtoa:

• Aphorisms and Poems, page 152.
  • Original Spanish.
    
  • Spanish into English translation by Kelsey Camire.
• Cranes, page 158.
  • Spanish into English translation by Sarah Moon.
• Language of Shadows, page 160.
  • Spanish into English translation by Sarah Moon.

Manuel Rivas, Galician into English translation by Annabel Martin:

• All Animals Speak, page 163.

Reyes Lázaro and Thalia Pandiri:

• Introduction to Manifesto Against Silence, page 169.

Aurelia Arkotxa, French into English translation by Reyes Lázaro, Sarah Moon, and Thalia Pandiri:

• Just Like Aldous Huxley’s Prophecy, page 171.

Manuel Rivas:

• Manifesto Against Silence, page 173.
  • Original Galician.
    
  • Galician into English translation by Reyes Lázaro, Sarah Moon, and Thalia Pandiri.

Montserrat Roig, Catalan into English translation by Susan M. DiGiacomo:

• Before the Civil War, page 175.

Ixiar Rozas:

• Patois (III), page 183.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into English translation by Iñaki Mendiguren and Sarah J. Turtle.
• River Eyes, page 185.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into English translation by Carmine Starnino.
• Egunero Gorriagoak/Cada Día Más Rojas, page 187.
  • Translation of John Berger’s “Redder Everyday” into Basque and Spanish by Pilar Vázquez.

Joseba Sarrionadia:

• Message for Bernardo Atxaga, page 189.
  • Original Portuguese.
    
  • Portuguese into English translation by Reyes Lázaro and Sarah Moon.
• A Pile of Worn-Out Shoes, page 191.
  • Original Basque.
    
  • Basque into English translation by Reyes Lázaro.

Eli Tolaretxipi:

• The Fish, page 193.
  • Original Spanish.
    
  • Spanish into English translation by Phillip Jenkins and the Poet.
• Los Lazos del Número, page 195.
  • Original Spanish.
    
  • Spanish into English translation by Phillip Jenkins.
• Poems from Dead Love, Still Life, page 199.
  • Original Spanish.
    
  • Spanish into English translation by Phillip Jenkins.

Menna Elfyn:

• Deep Sounds of W(h)ales, page 208.

Pamela Petro:

• Book Review of Y Llofrudd Iaith (The Language Murderer) by Gwyneth Lewis, page 215.

NUALA NI DHOMHNAILL:

• Nude
  • English into Basque translation by Eli Tolaretxipi, page 222.
    
  • English into Galician translation by Antonio Raúl de Toro Santos, page 224
    
  • English into Spanish translation by Isabel Alonso Breto, page 226.
    
  • Irish into English translation by Paul Muldoon, page 228.
• I Cannot Lie Here
  • English into Basque translation by Eli Tolaretxipi, page 230.
    
  • English into Galician translation by Antonio Raúl de Toro Santos, page 231.
    
  • English into Spanish translation by Isabel Alonso Breto, page 232.
    
  • Irish into English translation by Paul Muldoon, page 233.
• The Language Issue
  • English into Basque translation by Eli Tolaretxipi, page 234.
    
  • English into Galician translation by Antonio Raúl de Toro Santos, page 235.
    
  • English into Spanish translation by Isabel Alonso Breto, page 236.
    
  • Irish into English translation by Paul Muldoon, page 237.
• Labysheedy (The Silken Bed)
  • English into Basque translation by Eli Tolaretxipi, page 238.
    
  • English into Galician translation by Antonio Raúl de Toro Santos, page 240.
    
  • English into Spanish translation by Isabel Alonso Breto, page 242.
    
  • Irish into English translation by the poet, page 244.
• My Own Love (In Brackets)
  • English into Basque translation by Eli Tolaretxipi, page 246.
    
  • English into Galician translation by Antonio Raúl de Toro Santos, page 247.
    
  • English into Spanish translation by Isabel Alonso Breto, page 248.
    
  • Irish into English translation by Michael Hartnett, page 249.
• The Task
  • Original Irish, page 250.
    
  • Irish into English translation by Paul Muldoon, page 251.
• You Are
  • English into Basque translation by Eli Tolaretxipi, page 252.
    
  • English into Galician translation by Antonio Raúl de Toro Santos, page 253.
    
  • English into Spanish translation by Isabel Alonso Breto, page 254.
    
  • Irish into English translation by Eli Tolaretxipi, page 255.