Katerina has taken on the challenge of translating poems from Bulgarian and publishing 365 of them on her blog during 2015! This is post number 56!
Birch
By the brook I saw
a blooming birch
and not knowing why
I stopped by,
breeze wafted, and for an instant
the tree slightly shuddered…
This is the soul
of some thirsty traveler.
Author: Ivan Metodiev
Translated from Bulgarian by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
Ivan Metodiev (1946-2003) was a beloved Bulgarian poet, author of fourteen collections of poetry.
