Paul Sohar

 

 

 

          FOUR TRANSLATIONS FROM THE HUNGARIAN
 

AFTER THE FIRST BLOW

by Sándor Kányádi

don’t you worry about the trickle

let the blood form rivulets once it sprang a leak

let it wash out a ravine on your face to proclaim

the place where whacks and kicks are welcome

 

it’s much too late now

the blood-red flags of shame should have been

flown much earlier and from inside

Copyright © 2003 Sándor Kányádi and Paul Sohar.  All Rights Reserved.

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