Donaldas Kajokas – On Life

Poem from the poetry collection "On Waters, Trees, and Winds"

Donaldas Kajokas is an author of some of the most beautiful poems that have ever been written in Lithuanian: pure, precise, serene, and heartbreaking. For a very long time Kajokas has been interested in Eastern religions and philosophy, mostly Buddhism, and that has had a strong influence on his work. He is a true bard of beauty and the symmetry of the world and its every detail. He is one of the most translated Lithuanian poets. And one of the most impossible to translate...

translated by Rimas Uzgiris
video by Jevgenij Tichonov
organized by Saulius Vasiliauskas

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