The sighting of the migrants-harbinger of Spring

Sunday, August 26, 2007

The sighting of the migrants-harbinger of Spring

A poet awoke from - his slumber cloaked in winter snow.
And felt tiredness from the floating mirage in which lofty mountains tower
A mild spring breeze gently asked for the mellow flavour of the fizzy yogurt of the promised summer .
It is not long ago that he went through the mist of green grasses
when he was sober at the sumptuous feast of the neighbouring
house-hold.
How he is in a state of euphoria in the mist at green grass
In the past autumn fog the last flock of ruddy sheldocks in flight honked and disappeared ,
In passing they etched the lines on the forehead of the poet with their wings
Now there is a sighting of the migrants from the vast blue sky.
The lines on the forehead of the poet came alive and flew to welcome the migrants,
when the sighting of the migrants-harbinger of Spring appeared in the sky.

Translated from Mongolian into
English by Dorjgotob.N

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About G Mend-Ooyo

G. Mend-Ooyo was born into a herding family in Dariganga, Mongolia, in 1952. He grew up riding horses and tending sheep, moving over the steppe by camel caravan.

In 1980, he published his first book of poetry, Birds of Thought, and has since published over forty books of poetry, novel, children’s book, fiction, criticism and essays. His ongoing work of poetic fiction, Golden Hill (first published in 1993), has become one of the most influential pieces of contemporary Mongol literature. Fifth edition of Golden Hill published in 2010, Mongolia.

Mend-Ooyo's writing deals with the life of Mongolia's nomadic herders, their culture and cultural knowledge. In his style and thematic material, he seeks to express the melody and richness of the Mongol language and nomadic society. His work has been translated into over thirty languages, including English, Japanese, Hungarian, Russian, Chinese and French, and has garnered prizes from literary organizations throughout the world. He received title Poet Laureate from World Academy of Arts and Culture /USA/ in 2009.

Also, G Mend-Ooyo is writing the Mongolian Calligraphy. He presented several exhibitions in Mongolia and abroad. Example, last his exhibition named “My Crystal Temple of Soul” in Modern Art Gallery of Mongolia, in January, 2010 and attended the President of Mongolia to it and given opening speech.

Mend-Ooyo lives in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and directs the Mongolian Academy of Poetry and Culture.

My Gente Lyric by G Mend-Ooyo

I am a child of nomadic Mongolia. We would move at the break of dawn. As a child I used to sit in a basket on the loaded cart, greeting the morning sunshine at the even pace of the plodding camel; perhaps it was then that I felt the rhythm of my future poems. When we reached our new camp, everything – the blue cranes, the small trace of white fog, the cluster of boulders, the variegated hills – would all seem new to me.

My father would seat me on his lap and hold his fiddle in front of me, then play a long clear melody – the “Jaakhan Sharga” of the Dariganga Mongols – and as this song came neighing and whinnying out at me, the local mountains would more grand, the water clearer, the song of the birds more melodious. . . Thus my little body became the instrument and my father played on me. My poetry was tuned to the melody of the Morin Khuur across the sacred space of the steppe...

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Sunday, August 26, 2007

The sighting of the migrants-harbinger of Spring

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