Р.ТААГҮРИЙН “ӨРГӨЛИЙН ДУУЛАЛ”

/Хүн төрөлхөтний сод их яруу найрагч Р.Таагүрийн мэлмий гийсний 150 жилийн ойд/

Г.МЭНД-ООЁО

Р.ТААГҮРИЙН “ӨРГӨЛИЙН ДУУЛАЛ” НОМЫН МОНГОЛ ОРЧУУЛГЫН

ЯРУУ НАЙРАГТ ХИЙСЭН ЗАРИМ АЖИГЛАЛТ

Жамцын Бадраагийн туурвилын сан хөмрөг дотор яруу найргийн орчуулгын бүтээл том байр суурь эзэлнэ. Түүний орчуулгын бүтээлийн томоохоноос дурдвал Орос хэлнээс “Евгений Онегин”, дуурь “Лусын дагина” дуурь, санскрит хэлнээс “Энэтхэг цэцэн үгс”, хинди хэлнээс Р.Таагүрийн “Өргөлийн дуулал”-ыг орчуулсан байна. Өнөөдөр бид Энэтхэгийн их соён гэгээрүүлэгч, яруу найрагч, гүн ухаантан Рабиндранаат Таагүрийн Нобелийн шагнал хүртсэн “Өргөлийн дуулал” хэмээх суут бүтээлийн монгол орчуулгын яруу найргийн өв санг эргэн ажиглахыг хүсч байна.

Одоогоос 40 гаруй жилийн өмнө Ж.Бадраа агсан энэ сод бүтээлийг орчуулахдаа дорнын бичгийн мэргэд томоохон туурвил бүтээлдээ зориулж төгсгөлийн шүлэг бичдэг уламжлалаар “Өргөлийн дуулал орчуулсан тухайд” хэмээх төгсгөлийн шүлэг (1964 онд) бичжээ. Тухайн үеийн үзэл сурталын шалгуураар орж төгсгөлийн шүлэг нь нийтлэгдээгүй ч зохиогчийн эрдэм номын сан хөмрөгт нь үлдэж хоцорсон байна. Одоо энэ шүлгийг үзье.

THE PATHS I’VE WALKED, PEN IN HAND

by G Mend-Ooyo

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The Mongol people adapted the Uigur script to their own language a thousand years ago and, in the thirteenth century, Chinggis Haan made it the official national script. Thus for over a thousand years, our cultural heritage was created through the medium of the Mongol Uigur script. The development of this valuable intellectual legacy ceased, however, during the twentieth century.
Mongolia was, for some three hundred years, under the control of the Manchu, from whom they gained their freedom only at the beginning of the twentieth century. During the 1930s, after the estalishment of the socialist state, pressure from Stalin led to the destruction of the intellectual literary culture and, after 1940, the official script in Mongolia was changed to the Russian Cyrillic. In this way, during the twentieth century, the Mongolian people were split away from their own cultural and historical roots and, following this change in script, those who wrote and spoke about these ancient Mongol roots and traditions, and about the Chinggisid empire and its history were accused of having nationalist sympathies.
I graduated from high school in 1960, and from then until the 1980s, my intellectual development was controlled, the Mongolian people were led by the Mongolian Revolutionary Communist parts and were expected thereby to mimic Russian Soviet communism, and such were the standards by which young intellectuals were to be evaluated.

DARK CRANES, FLYING TOWARDS YOU

foreword of the book "I am Coming to you" by G Mend-Ooyo



The blue lake of dreams. You couldn't paint such a blue. On the banks of the lake, a few dark cranes. There's a woman with the cranes. You couldn't paint such a woman, but you also couldn't look directly upon her, her eyes are bright, her gaze hidden. In my sixteen year old's dream, the curtain of fate rises, this woman has come into the world, together with the cranes. The dream-woman would take my hand and lead me. The dark cranes were her vehicle. They are beyond the folds of white clouds in the dark blue sky, she says. You are my husband, she says, let us fly away.

“I am coming to you” poem in 30 languages

UNESCO announced that every year the March 21^st would be the World Poetry Day which is being celebrated for the 12^th time by Mongolian poets. This year a poetry and calligraphy exhibition called “Mother Earth” is being held for the occasion. Also, as part of the occasion and exhibition, an opening ceremony of a book which is a collection of 30 different translations of the poem “I am coming to you” by Mongolian poet Mend-Ooyo will be held at 15:30, on March 23^rd at the Mongolian National Modern Art gallery, the same place of the exhibition.

Various foreign language translations of the poem will be recited during the opening ceremony which will be attended by many cultural and literary figures of Mongolia.

Also on this special day, a message from the General-Director of UNESCO will be announced to the public.

Purpose of Mother Earth calligraphy exhibition

- Praise-poems for the ancestors
- The flowering of Mongolian calligraphy from Mother Earth
- The union of nature and language arts
- Poetry heard in pictures, pictures growing from poetry
- What can an artists do to save Mother Earth?

Thirty years ago, the poet G.Mend-Ooyo wrote a poem called "Mother Earth," for which the composer R.Enhbazar wrote music. Performed by the snger B.Badaruugan, this work connected with people's hearts, expressing the meaning of taking care of Mother Earth.

During the period of political change, human civilisation has sought progress on the one hand, and has laid waste on the other hand to the treasures of the earth, has thus been losing the ecological battle, and is now approaching the edge of extinction.

In such times, the ideas behind this poem "Mother Earth" are all the more valuable, they bring a connection between the human heart and Mother Earth, and they make us think about how we are all children to the same mother.
Global warming, the melting of the polar ice, sunned flash-floods, tidal waves, droughts, earthquakes, the destruction of wild banimals and beneficial trees and plants, and desertification all proceed from human error, and all are connected with the loss of the natural system by which the earth offers its riches without prejudice.

We must, then, consider the question as to how artists, living in today's world, might protect Mother Earth.
The poet G.Mend-Ooyo and the artist D.Battümör have developed an exhibition the written word, "Mother Earth" which directly addresses this theme. Their visual and poetic artworks express a unitedattitude towards the preservation of the earth and the natural world.

Another aspect of this exhibition is that, in addition to looking into the future, and by seeing in a clearer way the rich and valuable heritage which humans have chosen to abandon throughout their history, we can think about the importance and value of such things today.

"Mother Earth" will include calligraphic versions of some eighty of Mend-Ooyo's poems.
G.Mend-Ooyo's poetic work is joined with imags in brush and ink of the artist D.Battümör, revealing the new sensibilities of calligraphic and figurative art. The exhibition will also present the new traditions of Mongol calligraphy and language art.
The artistic work which comes from our heart are the plants of wisdom growing in our Mother Earth. People step upon the earth, they drink water and take nutrients from Mother earth through the plants, and so take in the riches. The two artists say that, with the work in this exhibition, they contribute the light of their hearts, they repay the kindness of Mother Earth.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE EXHIBITION "MOTHER EARTH"
March 18 2011 11:40 Opening of the exhibition "Mother Earth".
March 18-24 2011 9:00-17:00 Exhibition open to the public.
March 19 2011 15:30 Poetry reading
March 21 2011 15:30 Launch of the book I Am Coming to You, which presents this poem of Mend-Ooyo's in thirty languages.

MOTHER EARTH exhibition

An Exhibition of Calligraphy
March 18-23, 2011
Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia


On March 18th, the exhibition "Mother Earth" will open at the Mongolian National Modern Art gallery. Thirty years ago, the poet G.Mend-Ooyo wrote a poem called "Mother Earth," for which the composer R.Enhbazar wrote music. Performed by the snger B.Badaruugan, this work connected with people's hearts, expressing the meaning of taking care of Mother earth.
In this exhibition, G.Mend-Ooyo and the artist D.Battümör combine their work, and ask us to care for nature, our Mother Earth, through poetry and image. It has become a tradition that, every year works are exhibited from the collection of the Mongolian Academy of Culture and Poetry and thus year, apart from Mend-Ooyo's own pieces, there are also pieces, based upon Mend-Ooyo's poems, by the influential contemporary artist D.Battümör, in addition to some eighty of Mend-Ooyo's calligraphic manuscripts.
In addition to looking into the future, we are also drawn to consider the valuable objets of wisdom in the history of humanity, its lost cultural heritage, and the importance of acknowledgeing its value.
In this exhibition we will see how Mend-Ooyo's poetry, combined with Battümör's talent for calligraphic ink and brushwork, reveals a new direction for the art of images and words, and a contemporary approach to calligraphy and the tradition of Mongol language arts.
The artistic work which comes from our heart are the plants of wisdom growing in our Mother Earth. People step upon the earth, they drink water and take nutrients from Mother Earth through the plants, and so take in the riches. The two artists say that, with the work in this exhibition, they contribute the light of their hearts, they repay the kindness of Mother Earth.

МОНГОЛЫН УРАН ЗОХИОЛЫН ЦАХИМ НОМЫН САН УДАХГҮЙ НЭЭГДЭНЭ

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Соёл Яруу Найргийн Монголын Академи үндэснийхээ утга зохиол, оюун соёлын үнэт зүйлсийг улам өргөн цар хүрээтэй түгээн дэлгэрүүлэх зорилгоор www.muzo.mn цахим номын санг байгуулж, ирэх Дэлхийн яруу найргийн өдрөөр нээлтээ хийхээр ажиллаж байгаа аж.
Энэхүү цахим номын сан нь монголын эртний болон орчин үеийн яруу найраг, хүүрнэл зохиол, шүүмж судлал, хүүхдийн уран зохиол, орчуулгын шилдэг бүтээл зэрэг төрөл зүйлийг багтаасан хязгааргүй хуудастай томоохон номын сан байх бөгөөд монголын эрт эдүгээгийн бүтээлтэй нэгэн дороос хамгийн шуурхай танилцах орон зай ба хурдыг уншигчдад олгож буйгаараа онцлог юм.
Энэхүү цахим номын сан нь англи, монгол хоёр хэл дээр ашиглах боломжтой бөгөөд манай дэлхийн өнцөг булан бүрд зочлон очиж уншигчидтайгаа уулзаж, уран бүтээлээ толилуулах боломжийг олгох энэхүү төслийг Соросын Сангийн соёл урлагийн бүсийн хөтөлбөр, Монголын Урлагийн зөвлөл дэмжиж байгаа ажээ. .
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American Poetry book published in Mongolia

Ambassador Jonathon Addleton is giving address to the audience, including poets, translator and readers.











Translator B Magsarjav is giving interview to public TVs.











Translator D Byambaa is giving speech about his translation Tamerlane by Allan Po.















Today,

We celebrated the publication of the first volume of Anthology of American Poetry. The event was held at the American Cultural Center. Organized by USA Embassy and Academy of Culture and Poetry. Here is presenting the publisher's foreword of the book.

Mongolian poet G Mend-Ooyo, editor of this book, mentioned that Mongolian readers deep gratitude to Ex-Ambassador Mark Minton, Public Affairs Officer Marissa Maurer , Yo Otgon and all the US Embassy employees who helped us in all levels of the publication process.

written by Mugi

PUBLISHER’S FOREWORD

The first translation into Mongolian of American literature in the modern era was made in 1930 by the founder of our own modern literature, D. Natsagdorj. He translated, albeit from an initial German translation, Edgar Allen Poe’s story, “The Gold Bug.”
Although the history of American literature in Mongolia has been relatively brief, its impact has been great. Starting in the 1960s, my teacher, the famous poet and translator Dorjiin Gombojav, translated Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” from the Russian as a kind of reference manual for Mongolian poets. At the same time, G. Luvsantseren translated Robert Frost’s poem, “Birches”. In respect to Native American culture and history, D. Sandagdorj made a translation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s lyric poem “Song of Hiawatha,” which was also published during the 1960s. This was the period during which the flowers of American literature began to grow in Mongolian soil even as these translations were made not from the original English language, but Russian.

АМЕРИКИЙН ЯРУУ НАЙРАГ МОНГОЛД

“Дэлхийн Шилдэг яруу найраг” цувралыг 2005 оноос Соёл Яруу Найргийн Академиас яруу найрагт дуртай уншигчдадаа зориулсан эрхлэн гаргаж эхэлсэн билээ. Уг цувралаар “Эртний сайхан – Монголын шилдэг яруу найраг”, “Оросын яруу найраг”, “Японы яруу найраг”, “Францын яруу найраг”, “Төв Азийн яруу найраг”, “Испани хэлт яруу найраг”, “Энэтхэгийн яруу найраг”, номуудыг эрхлэн гаргаад байгаа бөгөөд “Америкийн яруу найраг” ном нь уг цувралын 8-р боть болж байгаа юм.

“Америкийн яруу найраг” номыг Америкийн Төрийн Департмент, АНУ-аас Монгол Улсад суугаа Элчин Сайдын Яамнаас ивээн тэтгэж, Соёл Яруу Найргийн Академиас эрхлэн монгол, англи хоёр хэлээр хамт хэвлэжээ.

Уг антологид Уолт Уитмен, Эдгар Аллан По, Эмили Дикинсон, Хэнри Уодсуорт Лонгфелло , Стипин Крэйн, Роберт Фрост, Жэймис Лэнгстон Хьюс, Аллин Гинзберг, Кеннит Кох, Билли Коллинз, Дэвид Лиймэн, Шэрмин Алексий нарын зэрэг Америкийн үе үеийн алдартай яруу найрагчдын шүлэг дуулалыг багтаасан бөгөөд манай нэрт орчуулагч Доржийн Гомбожавын алдарт орчуулга Уолт Уитмений “Энэ биеэ дуулна” найраглал болон Б.Магсаржав, Д.Бямбаа, Ш.Цог, М.Шагдарсүрэн нар болон Ц.Оюундарь, С.Сумъяа, О.Мөнхнаран, С.Соёлболд, Г.Дэлгэрмаа нарын залуу орчуулагчидын дандаа шинэ орчуулгын шинэ бүтээлүүд багтсанаараа онцлогтой. Энэхүү ном нь Америкийн эрт эдүгээгийн яруу найргийн үнэт зүйлс, чиг хандлага, ур чадварын олон талыг илэрхийлж байгаагаараа онцлог бөгөөд шүлгүүдийг орчуулж хэвлэх эрхийг Америкийн оюуны өмчийн хууль журмын дагуу авсан байна.

Сонирхуулахад Америкийн уран зохиолоос эдүгээ цаг үед хамгийн анх шинэ үеийн уран зохиолыг үндэслэгч Д.Нацагдорж герман хэлнээс 1930-аад онд орчуулсан юм. Тэр бол Эдгар Аллан Погийн “Алтан цох” хэмээх романтик өгүүллэг юм байна.