ELIZA SEGIET

ELIZA SEGIET

Moss

At dawn she visited a neighbour

– the one on the second floor,

and she only sighed:

not just yet, I don't want to, I have to…

She did not finish.

On the sinuous, unstable

—like life—stairs

they went together

to where the earth

can give birth

– only to moss.

TRANSLATED BY ARTUR KOMOTER

Mchy

Świtem odwiedziła sąsiadkę

– tę z drugiego piętra,

a ona tylko westchnęła:

jeszcze nie teraz, nie chcę, muszę…

Nie dokończyła.

Po krętych, niestabilnych

– jak życie – schodach

poszły razem,

tam gdzie ziemia,

potrafi rodzić

– tylko mchy.

Testament

You know

that people have no influence

on their origin.

It is impossible to make a correction.

We are born as heirs

and donors,

but we can all love the same.

TRANSLATED BY ARTUR KOMOTER

Testament

Wiesz,

że ludzie nie mają wpływu

na swoje pochodzenie.

Nie da się zrobić jego korekty.

Rodzimy się jako spadkobiercy

i darczyńcy,

ale tak samo potrafimy kochać.

Chimneys

Silent are the chimneys

of  body-burning ovens,

the Numbers become silent.

We must not remain silent,

we still have to shout.

TRANSLATED BY ARTUR KOMOTER

Kominy

Milczą już kominy

ciałopalnych pieców,

milkną Numery.

Nam nie wolno milczeć,

nadal trzeba krzyczeć.

ELIZA

SEGIET

ELIZA SEGIET – Master's Degree graduate in Philosophy. Completed postgraduate studies in Cultural Knowledge, Philosophy, Arts and Literature at Jagiellonian University. 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". Author’s poem Questions won the title of the International Publication of the Year (2017) in Spillwords Press. Author's poem Sea of Mists won the title of the International Publication of the Year (2018) in Spillwords Press. Author's works can be found in anthologies and literary magazines in Poland and abroad (Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Canada, India, Kosovo, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA, Zambia).