Modern Poetry in Translation Series Three, No. 16 © Modern Poetry in Translation 2011 and contributors ISBN 978-0-9559064-8-0 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Charlesworth Press, Wakefield Editors: David and Helen Constantine Reviews Editor: Saradha Soobrayen Web Editor: Ben Gwalchmai Managing Editor: Deborah de Kock Administrator: Angela Holton Board Members: Caroline Maldonado (Chair), Amarjit Chandan, Sasha Dugdale, Kate Griffin, Ben Gwalchmai, Graham Henderson, Aamer Hussein, Saradha Soobrayen, Philip Spender, Rachel Stevens Founding Editors: Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort Submissions should be sent in hard copy, with return postage, to David and Helen Constantine, Modern Poetry in Translation, The Queen’s College, Oxford, OX1 4AW. Unless agreed in advance, submissions by email will not be accepted. Only very exceptionally will we consider work that has already been published elsewhere. Translators are themselves responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions, and should be aware that work published in MPT may also appear on our website and as an e-book, and will be accessible to readers who have subscribed to the digital version of the magazine. Subscription Rates: (including postage) UK Overseas Single Issue £9.95 £12.50 / US$ 21 One year subscription (2 issues, surface mail) £19.90 £25.00 / US$ 42 Two year subscription (4 issues, surface mail) £36.00 £46.00 / US$ 77 To subscribe please use the subscription form at the back of the magazine. Discounts available. To pay by credit card please visit www.mptmagazine.com Modern Poetry in Translation is represented in the UK by Central Books, 99 Wallis Road, London, E9 5LN For orders: tel +44 (0) 845 458 9911 Fax +44 (0) 845 458 9912 or visit www.mptmagazine.com Modern Poetry in Translation Limited. A Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England and Wales, Number 5881603. UK Registered Charity Number 1118223. Contents

1 Editorial 5 The next issue of MPT 6 MPT Poetry Translation Competition 7 David Morley, Reforging the ‘Broken Language’ 17 David Morley, ‘Ballad of the Moon, Moon’ (after Lorca) 19 Parraruru, two poems, translated, the first from the

Yindjibarndi, the second from the Ngarluma by Shon Arieh-Lerer 22 Nancy Campbell, ‘The hunter teaches me to speak’ 24 Ned Thomas, ‘From Minorities to Mosaic’ 29 David Hart, ‘Seagulls’ 32 Noel Romero del Prado, two poems, translated from the

Tagalog by Jim Pascual Agustin 36 Jim Pascual Agustin, four poems, translated from the

Filipino by the author 42 Luljeta Lleshanaku, two poems, translated from the

Albanian by Henry Israeli and Shpresa Qatipi 45 Yorgos Soukoulis, ‘Rise’, translated from the Arvanitika by

Peter Constantine 48 Afzal Ahmed Syed, five poems, translated from the Urdu by

Nilanjan Hajra 56 Hubert Moore, ‘Whistling back’ 58 Shamshad Abdullaev, ‘Voices’, translated from the Russian by Alex Cigale 61 Itzik Manger, four poems, translated from the Yiddish by

Murray Citron 65 Norbert Hirschhorn, two Jump Rope Songs 67 Cameron Hawke Smith, three versions from Sorley

MacLean’s Dàin do Eimhir 70 Peter Kayode Adegbie, ‘To the bones that weep’, translated into Yoruba by the author