MAKING A TERRIBLE SOUND AS I GO ROUND

Much I read of the works of Yasunari

Kawabata and Stanislaw Lem in

second-hand translations, made via

French or German; it was then,

now is now, and 'translating'

translations is not a serious thing;

but it's a hobby, it's being a little

creaking, rusty and unnecessary

wheel or cog in the great machinery

of literature. Or so I claim while

happily turning, making

a terrible sound as I go round.

15.06.2024

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