Johan Sandberg McGuinne
الانجليزية
Gïele-gæjsa
gïele lea gæjsab maab guedtebe
– dïhte lihphgierkehts lååvesjimmie –
jah vigkiejgujmie dievhtebe,
mah gierkiej vööste gæmhpoeh
mejstie aalkovisnie
böötin
sjaevehts baakoe leab
fïerhten tjaalesthtjomhph
ådtojne dålleste guedtebe,
gåessie orrejimmie båata
tsuemhtsine libie
mijjieh gujht vaeriej mojhtesh mah jåerrieh
© Johan Sandberg McGuinne
الإنتاج المسموع: Haus für Poesie, 2019
الإنتاج المسموع: Haus für Poesie, 2019
This Vessel Called Language
We take this vessel called language – decalcified echoes –
and fill it with strife, challenging the rocks from
whence it came
i am the word not spoken
but we carry each syllable like scars from a fire,
and when it all ends we will be the dust,
deconstructed mountains reverberating
Translated into English by Johan Sandberg McGuinne