Бажанов, А. Стихи и поэмы о саамском крае = Verses & poems on the Saami land / Аскольд Бажанов ; English translation by Naomi Caffee ; with an essay by Johanna Domokos. - Berlin : Nordeuropa-Institut der Humboldt-Universitat, 2009. - 205 с. : ил., портр.

1 5 5 The more necessary the meetings, the more rare they became, but once a year, without fail, I walk along the rickety ramp, on the pier, as if on a little wing. And the motorboat, like a light and willful bird, darts its way along the river, leaving me to join my desired childhood, nestling my cheek to his. Everything w ill be like that, I believe it, and it’s good that I did not forget a single one of those beliefs that the North etched into my soul. And maybe if there had been no Tuloma, no tender summer nights, I would have been shattered by misfortune, slumped under the volley o f everyday trifles. On the quiet little northern meadow the fragrant willow-herb blooms, so that the ramshackle little dugout need not pine for the Polar spring!

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