International GUNU magazine & MACP: April 2010

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Mishigiin Tsedendorj (1932-1982)

You and I are sailing towards the sun
You and I are sleeping on a cloud
You and I are sailing towards the sun
You and I pass over rivers and streams
You and I pass over gazing horses and animals
You and I pass over vast steppes and noble mountains
You and I pass over a wide road stretching into distance
You and I pass over singing of love songs
You and I are carried on a cloud and sailing towards the sun

You and I are falling to Earth as rain
You and I make flowers with our juices
You and I are vaporizing, rising again into the sky

What’s Impossible in this World

What’s impossible in this world?
A little rabbit can beat a lion.
A sworn lover,
Bored by his betrothed,
Can switch his loving thoughts elsewhere.
Yes, yes, everything is possible.
What’s impossible in this world?

What’s not happening in this world?
People are living on the moon.
We’re worshipping morons.
My god’s becoming my enemy.
Yes, yes, it’s all happening.
What’s not happening in this world?

What’s not imaginable in this world?
Teachers are being betrayed.
Relatives are being killed.
They want to take the very air we breathe.
Where is the good will to fight this evil?
Yes, yes, they’re thinking all these things.
What’s not imaginable in this world?

But, having nourished my body into this wild world,
I would never hold my mother’s milk for poison.
And, having been lulled to sleep in its arms,
I would never believe the Mongolian language lacking.
I would never betray my language or my mother,
The very soul of my Motherland.

Translated and edited by Tsog Shagdarsuren and Simon Wickham-Smith

Mongolian Academy of Culture and Poetry

The Mongolian Academy of Culture and Poetry is an organization, which carry out its activity for the development of the international cultural and literature relations, supporting the culture, literature and poetry for the human progress.

The Mongolian Academy of Culture and Poetry is located in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.

Scope of activities:

Studying, preserving and promoting world cultural, literary and poetic heritage
Translating world literature into Mongolian and Mongolian literature into foreign languages
Organizing international meetings, congresses and festivals of culture and literature
Publishing GUNU, an English language magazine of culture and poetry
Supporting events that combine literature and poetry with other art forms and philosophy
Introducing works by Mongolian writers to the world
Disseminating internationally known works of spiritual culture in Mongolia
Carrying out activities in cooperation with cultural, literary and humanitarian organizations in foreign countries
Supporting humanitarian deeds and activities that work to preserve cultural heritage and protect the environmental through poetry and literature
Presenting awards to persons who have made significant contributions to poetry, literature and culture in Mongolia and worldwide.

GUNU – International Literature, Culture and Poetry Magazine

Since its first issue in 2005, GUNU has been distributed in over fifty countries worldwide. It aims to introduce Mongolian culture, literature and poetry to the world. In addition to Mongolian literary works, it publishes foreign writers’ works, articles and essays on world literature, and letters from foreign writers and poets.

Awards Presented by the Academy of Culture and Poetry

HEAVEN HORSE –Academy Award

A gold medal and certificate is presented every three years to a poet, writer or cultural figure for the meritorious service in the fields of culture, literature and poetry of the mankind.

PEGASUS – Literature award

A medal, certificate and monetary award is presented every year to a Mongolian and a foreign writer and poet for the best work.

GUNU Magazine Award

Monetary award is presented annually to the writer of the best work published in GUNU magazine.

CULTURAL ORDER- High award

The award is presented to a writer, poet, sponsor, and manager who made a great contribution to the introduction of the Mongolian culture, literature and poetry in Mongolia and the world.

Cultural and Poetry Tour “Pearl Necklace”

The Academy organized the tours of the historical and cultural places in Mongolia and foreign countries and the tours of poets to the Tsetsee Gun, peak of the Bogd Khan Mountain for 4 years. The Academy organizes poetry readings and meetings of tour participants, and publishes a book or journal by their works. The length of the tour program is 7-15 days. The tour conditions, route and program are announced at the related time www.poetry-culture.mn and www.mendooyo.blogspot.com. If you interesting to joun us please write us email.