Kaleidoscope II 
Fragile Light – Haikus in Response to the Photography of Roman Vishniac
http://vishniac.icp.org/62641-2012.79.45
beirlín . . .
scáthanna ag teitheadh
ó scáthanna
berlin . . .
shadows fleeing
from shadows
http://vishniac.icp.org/62642-2012.79.46
búistéirí óga
nuacháilithe . . .
le haghaidh cogaidh
apprentice butchers
newly qualified . . .
for war
http://vishniac.icp.org/62606-2012.79.10
solas
ó laethanta eile . . .
leochaileach
the light
of other days . . .
fragile
http://vishniac.icp.org/64161-mvk.982.2008
alexanderplatz . . .
scáileanna
ag dul i bhfad
alexanderplatz . . .
shadows
lengthening
http://vishniac.icp.org/64169-mvk.fp.205
long life
and happiness!
purim in berlin
rath oraibh
is séan!
púirím i mbeirlín
http://vishniac.icp.org/5093-1983.1836
bheadh sé tráthúil anois
sea, anois . . .
do bhlaosc a thomhas
now, yes now . . .
now would be a good time
to get your skull measured
http://vishniac.icp.org/63811-mvk.972.2008
ceol aisteach
lasmuigh den ardeaglais . . .
buataisí na naitsithe
strange music
outside the cathedral . . .
boots of nazis
http://vishniac.icp.org/62613-2012.79.17
níl a fhios aige
cad is svaistíce ann . . .
capall oibre
it doesn’t know
what a swastika is . . .
work horse
http://vishniac.icp.org/62634-2012.79.38
ag satailt
ar scáileanna a chéile . . .
leanaí beaga
trampling
on each other’s shadows . . .
little children
http://vishniac.icp.org/21972-1990.9
meáchan an domhain seo
conas é a iompar . . .
bean an phóirtéara
the weight of this world
how to bear it . . .
a porter’s wife
http://vishniac.icp.org/907-2009.108.1
i muinín na déirce . . .
laethanta is oícheanta
ag dul i bhfad
reduced to begging . . .
days and nights
grow longer
http://vishniac.icp.org/4570-1992.2002
níl aon mhaith iontu
ach chun scadáin a rapáil . . .
nuachtáin an lae inniu
only good
for wrapping herrings . . .
newspapers these days
http://vishniac.icp.org/63803-mvk.803.2008
géill do mhíorúiltí . . .
seanteanga is beocht inti
arís
believe in miracles . . .
an old language
comes to life again
http://vishniac.icp.org/62599-2012.79.3
beirlín
an ríocht míle bliain . . .
smionagar
berlin
the thousand-year reich . . .
rubble
http://vishniac.icp.org/62600-2012.79.4
fuaim tholl
a gcuid coiscéimeanna . . .
daoine asáitithe
hollow sound
of their footsteps . . .
displaced people
http://vishniac.icp.org/63809-mvk.753.2008
Ruth Sternfeld bheag . . .
an chruinne go léir
sa chás taistil aici
little Ruth Sternfeld . . .
the whole universe
in her travelling case
Note: All images are taken from the website relating to the Exhibition Roman Vishniac Rediscovered at the International Center of Photography, New York, 18 January – 5 May 2015; downloaded from https://vishniac.icp.org/exhibition, 12 June 2021.
Kaleidoscope II