Finnish Centre
The Poem
Kesäkuu
Shi Tao
Elämäni
jähmettyy ikuisesti kesäkuuhun,
kesäkuuhun, jolloin sydämeni kuoli
runoni kuolivat
rakastettuni
kuoli hylättyyn verialtaaseen.
Kesäkuu, tukahduttavan kuuma aurinko polttaa ihoni
paljastaen haavani todellisen luonteen.
Kesäkuu, pieni kala verenpunaisessa meressä ui
talvehtimaan toisille vesille.
Kesäkuu, maa muuttuu, järvet hiljenevät,
kasaantuvia kirjaimia ei voi ojentaa
kuolleelle.
Listen to the poem in Finnish.
Translated to Finnish and read by Rita Dahl.
Rita Dahl is a poet and editor and has just finished her thesis on the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa. Her writings include several collections of poetry as well as a portrait of the Finnish poet Jyrki Pellinen (forthcoming). Her poetry collection, "Life in Lagos", will be soon be published in Russian translation, she has also published a travel book about Portugal. She is vice-president of the Suomen PEN.
The official languages in Finland are Finnish and Swedish. Sami is also used in parts of Finland. Finnish itself belongs to the Fenno-Ugric family of languages, as do, for example, Hungarian, Estonian and minority languages in Russia.
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