Poem

An Traein Dubh

Title	An Traein Dubh
Author	Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Feis	1991	Print Collection	View Details
Feis agus Cead Aighnis	2015	Print Collection	View Details
Spíonáin is Róiseanna	1993	Print Collection	View Details
The Astrakhan Cloak	1992	Print Collection	View Details

Translations

Connected translations of this poem.

Title	Author	Collection/Anthology	Year	View Details
Jara (Catalan)	Tomás Mac Síomóin	21 Dán/Poemes/Poemas	2010	View Details
Jara (Spanish)	Tomás Mac Síomóin	21 Dán/Poemes/Poemas	2010	View Details

Publication Instance Details #828

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	The Astrakhan Cloak
Date of Publication	1992
Publisher	The Gallery Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	28, 30

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	Yes	No	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	Genocide Racism/anti-Semitism/Sectarianism
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Holocaust
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	Appears to be an allegorical poem about those who are to die - who are fated to board 'The Black Train'. The speaker of the poem appears to reference the iconography of the Holocaust in referring to how we are all fated to die - the yellow Star of David, used to identify Jewish people during the reign of the Nazis, appears in the first verse, although the speaker states that none of the waiting are wearing one. The translation of this poem by Paul Muldoon makes the connection between conceptual 'death' and the Holocaust much clearer as he specifically refers to named concentration camps, which are not noted in this original Irish-language version.

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