A Poetry Corner

    Can you speak my language?

    eTwinning project (2020 – 2021)

Maya Kyulevchieva, Ivan Vazov Language School, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Hanna Dulęba, I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Sanoku, Sanok, Poland

Zeynep Yilmaz Bodur, Bandırma Ali Öztaylan Anatolian Religious Vocational High School, Balıkesir, Turkey

Anna Brull. IES BAIX A MAR, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain

Vissaria  Lialiou, Aghios Dimitrios, Greece1o Γενικό Λύκειο Αγίου Δημητρίου

A collection of favourite short poems,

read by partner-students

             The Bulgarian poem

                        Motherland  by Mladen Isaev

Високи, сини планини,

реки и златни равнини,

небето като от коприна –

това е моята Родина!

                      High blue mountains, 

                      rivers and golden plains

                      sky just like silk

                      my motherland is here           

                                        Translation: Konstans

                          Rodina by Mladen Isaev

                Recital by Patrik and Karolina from Poland                   

                             and Ary from Spain

             The Polish poem 

              “Pan Tadeusz” by Adam Mickiewicz

Inwokacja:

 Litwo! Ojczyzno moja! Ty jesteś jak zdrowie,

 Ile cię trzeba cenić, ten tylko się dowie,

Kto cię stracił. Dziś piękność twą w całej ozdobie

Widzę i opisuję, bo tęsknię po tobie

Lithuania! My homeland! You are health alone.
Your worth can only ever be known by one
Who’s lost you. Today I see and tell anew
Your lovely beauty, as I long for you.

                                         (translation by Bill Johnston)

“Pan Tadeusz” by Adam Mickiewicz

Recital by Yana, Denitsa, Ivayla, Valeria from Bulgaria

 The Spanish poem

    BY ANTONIO MACHADO

Extracto de Proverbios y cantares (XXIX)

Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino y nada más;
Caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.
Al andar se hace el camino,
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de volver a pisar.
Caminante no hay camino
sino estelas en la mar.

          Traveler, there is no road;
you make your own path as you walk.
As you walk, you make your own road,
and when you look back
you see the path
you will never travel again.
Traveler, there is no road;
only a ship’s wake on the sea.

                 “Caminante”   by Antonio Machado

                  Recital by a student from Turkey,             

                            Karolina from Poland,                       

               Maria, Valeria, Dimitar from Bulgaria

  The Turkish poem 

Sessiz Gemi   by Yahya Kemal

Artık demir almak günü gelmişse zamandan
Meçhule giden bir gemi kalkar bu limandan
Hiç yolcusu yokmuş gibi alır yol
Sallanmaz o kalkışta ne mendil ne de bir kol

Birçok giden memnun ki yerinden
Çok seneler geçti çok seneler geçti
Dönen yok seferinden

Biçare Gönüller
Ne giden son gemidir bu
Hicranlı hayatın ne de son matemidir bu
Dünyada sevilmiş ve seven nafile bekler
Bilmez ki, giden sevgililer dönmeyecekler

Birçok giden memnun ki yerinden
Çok seneler geçti çok seneler geçti
Dönen yok seferinden

The Silent Ship

When the day comes to weigh anchor from time,

A ship sailing into the unknown leaves this harbor.

It sails silently as if there is no passenger;

Neither a handkerchief nor a hand is waved in that departure.

Those left behind on the dock are sorrowed with this journey,

With wet eyes, they stare at the dark horizon for days.

The wretched hearts! This is neither the last ship leaving!

Nor is it the last mourning of the painful life!

The beloved and loving wait in vain;

Not knowing that those who have gone will not return.

Many of those who have gone must be happy with their place,

So many years have passed; none have returned from their journey.

                  Source of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH7j8tRSMdY

                 Sessiz Gemi   by Yahya Kemal

    Recital by Karolina, Natalia K, Natalia S from Poland,             

                  Dimitar and Kliment from Bulgaria

             This book is the final product of

                    the eTwinning project                                       “Can you speak my language?” 2020 – 2021                                         

  created in collaboration with all our partners –                             students and teachers from

     Bulgaria, Poland, Spain, Turkey, Greece