Comments on: The door – Miroslav Holub

By: kristine

kristine — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 21:21:23 +0000

AH, thank you for sharing that Margaret! I wondered about that word ‘draught’, and ‘breath of air’ feels intuitively right to me as well. I wonder if there is a Czech speaker with a view on this… thanks for commenting!

By: Margaret le Blanc

Margaret le Blanc — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 08:25:08 +0000

I’m an admirer of the poems I know of Miroslav Holub and have translated “The Door” into French for friends. After much thought , although I know no Czech , I’m not satisfied with the Bloodaxe edition’s translation of the last word of the poem as “draught”. For many, many reasons I think that the rather negatively connated word “draught” would be much better translated as a “breath of air”.

By: Jacky Seery

Jacky Seery — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 22:37:56 +0000

In reply to GILLY BECKETT. Thank you Gilly. That is delightful to learn. :-)

By: GILLY BECKETT

GILLY BECKETT — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:53:56 +0000

Dear All
I recently tutored a series of sessions for creative writing for mindfulness at the Mindfulness College in Galashiels and when I came across this poem, I knew that it had to be the subject for discussion at the last session – the participants loved it as much as I do.
I value the comments on your website. Thank you.
Gilly Beckett