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السامي الشمالى

Kasper Salonen

الانجليزية

luovus

raban vearráha
rišahan geahppa ilu
návddašan addálas eallimis

lean ollásit du
dalle go lean duinna
muhto dušše dalle

lean maid su
ja su ja su ja su ja su
ja de lean fas du

ollásit ja oppalaččat
aiddo dalle go lean
das ja dalle ráhkistan

lean jorri bearal
inge divtte ovttage šat
čugget árppu iežan čađa

njukčaáiggit leat meattá
girddašan ja skavvehalan
vilddáskan guolbbavirožin

lean ollásit du
dalle go lean duinna
dušše fal dalle

© Inger-Mari Aikio
من: 69 čuoldda – 69 pylvästä
Guovdageaidnu, Norway: DAT, 2018
الإنتاج المسموع: Haus für Poesie, 2019

loose

I open the hatches and
sprinkle gentle joy
I relish my generous life

I am completely yours
when I'm with you
but only then

I am completely his
and his and his and his
and then yours again

completely and totally
at that very moment
I love, there and then

I am a rolling pearl
no one will ever thread
a string through me again

my swan days are done
I fly and glide
a restless stint

I am completely yours
when I'm with you
but only then

Translation from Finnish by Kasper Salonen