RESENTMEN

…Yes then, malicious man, You find pleasure in my poverty And you’re not one to hide it, With your big mouth full you say –“I have accumulated things, I have money, houses, lands, And you? what have you done?” …The […]

RED ANGER

There is no worm so small that it won’t curl up, if one walks on top of it No, I no longer dare, Dearly beloved parents, I no longer dare to direct my gaze At your pictures. On your faces […]

MISUNDERSTANDING

MISUNDERSTANDING What’s in it for you to stir up My too tender heart? Why do you inflame My too active brain with madness? You know very well –Or don’t you know?- –In spite of an invincible love- There are too, […]

WHO?

I have always been faithful to my motto –I DO BATTLE ON EVERY FRONT— My life has been a battle. And at the end of my time At the end of my strength I sigh! Who will take my motto […]

THE POOR POET

I was born in a thatched house Amid fair and peaceful fields In the prettiest valley in all Tregor Through which calmly runs the Leger The long of the wind in the high trees In my cradle it rocked me. […]

LOVE FOR A COUNTRY

In a corner of my heart there’s a scar That I have borne since I was young For, alas, the one I cared for Didn’t love what I loved He only loved cities Distant countries, deep seas And I only […]

JOURNEY INTO THE LAND OF FOG (2)

Fog and mist cover the ground. Fog and mist my thoughts surround. Every image enveloped in fog. And night and day a bad dream, A nightmare drowned in a fog. My thoughts mere woolgathering. ………………………………… The prick of a needle […]

BY THE FIRE

Dedicated to ROPARZ HEMON A. D. Neither silver nor gold Have I pursued. In my labor’s shadow I’ve lived, With my parents in their poor abode And we three, by the fire, In winter, after supper, With stories and singing, […]

Gwad ha Daeroù Iwerzhon

Da Ronan ha d’’e geneiled-stourm Iwerzhon ! Iwerzhon ! C’hoar garet hor Bro-ni ’N hor c’halon zo trefu Gant da Freuz ha da Reuz. Iwerzhon ! Iwerzhon ! Stivell ar sent Breizh a zo dit dleourez : Avielet eo bet […]