The purpose of this study is to explore the challenges of translating poetic texts from Udmurt to Russian and English that reflect the ethnocultural characteristics of the Udmurt people. The author focuses on the poem “Feeling of One's Place in Time” by Larissa Orekhova from the collection of verses called “The boundless woods”, with particular attention to the translation of ethnocultural terminology, mythological imagery, and poetic forms. Methodologically, the research is based on a comparative analysis of the original text in Udmurt, the author’s word-­for-word translation into Russian, and its English rendition by Tatjana Repina. Key issues in translating Udmurt poetry are being identified, including the rendering of polysemous words, preserving the rhythm and melodiousness of the text, and accurately reflecting ethnocultural nationally biased lexical units. The author emphasizes the importance of considering the specific features of the Udmurt language such as the iterative verb forms, which is paramount in achieving the highest possible adequacy of resulting translation. It has been conclusively shown that translating poetry requires not only linguistic precision but also a profound understanding of cultural context, thus opening new avenues for research in the fields of literary translation and ethnolinguistics.