“Following daily such a dread-ful trade to earn a living,With every second on that cliffSo cruel and unforgiving”Help us translate this quoteAlan Brownjohn
“Is fine - as long as no one comesAnd asks us what we do there…We'd have to say, Without our toil,Just who would know it grew there?”Help us translate this quoteAlan Brownjohn The Cat Without E-Mail (2001).
“At dawn, a railwaywomanOn a country platform whirls on the end of a chainAn irrelevant key, while a young guard makes to wipeA crumb from her lapel; and see, she smilesA permissory smile you take in from your corner seat:A cameo of unrehearsed perfection.”Help us translate this quoteAlan Brownjohn The Old Flea-Pit (1987).
