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.

2 7 Reindeer are life itself To the grandchild, beautiful verses suddenly became more valuable than Grandfather’s reindeer. »You see, throughout the expanses of Saamiland, all the herdsman are leaving.« »Don’t look for a different job in the tundra,« the elderly relative was saying, »for the Saami, reindeer are life itself, whether you like it or not.« All thoughts and paths are woven together w ith campsites, bonfires, and reindeer. Life without them would be unthinkable to everyone o f the older generation. But what about us? See, the 21st century demands severely, and what’s our answer to that? »Wherever there’s reindeer, there’s people, to greet the cold dawn around a campfire!«