Wislawa Szymborska, 1923-2012

[bwinter]

Die-you can’t do that to a cat

Comments

[ciciaye]

Oh, that's so sad... And it reminds me of my Gran's old dog, Raffles, when my Grandad died. Although I seem to remember Raffles appeared to realise Grandad wasn't there any more, and decided he was now the man of the house and had better look after Gran! Bless him...

[bwinter]

It's just so perfectly cat. Wislawa really got cats, and people :)

[amenirdis]

That's lovely. Thank you for sharing.

[bwinter]

You can just tell she had a cat, can't you

[amelia_petkova]

Wonderful. I don't think I'd read that poem before.

[bwinter]

I do recommend Baranczak's translations of her in general - they capture the spirit of her whimsical, snapshot but very very true poems.

[amelia_petkova]

I just checked--the one poetry collection I have of hers is translated by Baranczak and Cavanagh. They read so well. Maybe I'll add Polish to the list of languages I mean to learn someday. I think "Notes from a Nonexistent Himalayan Expedition" might be my favorite poem.

[pinkdormouse]

I like that.