ELIZA SEGIET

ELIZA SEGIET

BREATH

Where is life?

Where the love is?

Or maybe

where

the hate is?

I know –

breath is the life.

Trees also breathe,

though they cannot love.

And people…?

 

Oddech

Gdzie jest życie?

Tu gdzie miłość?

A może

tam

gdzie nienawiść?

Już wiem –

oddech to życie.

Drzewa też oddychają,

choć nie potrafią kochać.

A ludzie…?

 

FLEETING HAZE

Shrouded in the scent of a man,

under the chador of indifference

she hid the desires.

She thought

that he smelled of oblivion already

but in her there is still

the past of narrow corridors

with a fleeting haze

lashing the senses.

 

Ulotna mgła

Owiana zapachem mężczyzny,

pod czadorem obojętności

ukryła pragnienia.

Myślała,

że pachniał już niepamięcią,

ale w niej wciąż jest

przeszłość wąskich korytarzy

z ulotną mgiełką

smagającą zmysły.

 

ETHER

Smitten by the ether of love

she lies in the wilderness.

Her desolation

blinds even with darkness.

Awakened from the ether –

she still dreams.

 

Eter

Porażona eterem miłości

leży na pustkowiu.

Jej bezludzie

oślepia nawet ciemnością.

Budzona z eteru –

wciąż śni.

TRANSLATED BY ARTUR KOMOTER

ELIZA SEGIET

 

ELIZA SEGIET – Master's Degree graduate in Philosophy. Completed postgraduate studies in Cultural Knowledge, Philosophy, Penal Revenue and Economic Criminal Law, Arts and Literature at Jagiellonian University, as well as Penal Revenue Law, Film and Television Production in Lodz. Torn between poetry and drama. Likes to look into the clouds, but keeps both feet on the ground. Her heart is close to the thought of Schopenhauer: "Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it". Featured poet of the Month (June 2017) in The Year of the Poet 14 in the USA. Author's poem "Questions" was the Publication of the Month (August 2017) Author the International Publication of the Year (2017) in Spillwords Press. Laureate of the International Special Prize "Frang Bardhi – 2017". Second place in the International Competition "Nature 2017-2018" for the poem "Bunches of Fruit". Author of the Month (January/February 2018) in Spillwords Press. Author of the Month (May 2018) in the Indian Our Poetry Archive. Featured poet of the Month (July 2018) in The Year of the Poet in the USA. Featured poet of the Month (September 2018) in The Year of Poet in the USA. Author's works can be found in anthologies and literary magazines in Poland and abroad (Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Canada, Great Britain, India, Kosovo, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, USA, Zambia).