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.

5 5 It’s my fault that Father is not among the living... It’s my fault that Father is not among the living, and that my reindeer does not graze w ith the herd. It’s my fault that I cannot build a life under the family roof. It’s my fault that my mother broke down in that endless post-war year o f hardship. It’s my fault that I failed to understand from where the deathly wind blew in on us! It’s my fault that the creative sadness gave me a chance to live on and strengthened my soul. Exasperated, I try and I’m fighting, as if I’m running a marathon on skis! It’s my fault that I cannot grow tired, and remain suffocated by the chase, with my soul as clean as it was in my youth, and my heart just as young and sonorous!