3 haikus (from polar night)

suoivvahis suoivvan
orusta muohttat ala
seavdnjadasa váibmosii


seavdnjada báidnin
fálli čoakkaša čalmmiid
skoađasta biekkaid beasi


álás oavssážat
giessasit sámmáliidda
nohkket biekka gietkamii

© Inger-Mari Aikio
From: Beaivváš čuohká gaba/Aurinko juo kermaa
Guovdageaidnu: DAT, 2014
Audio production: Haus für Poesie

3 Haikus (from polar night)

Shadow without silhouette
rests on the snow
in the heart of darkness


The dark-coloured hawk
collects ice crystals
to weave a nest of wind


Naked branch
winds through the moss
asleep in the cradle of the wind

Tranlation into English by Anna Lenz, Georgina Willms and Gruppe Bie.
Sahne für die Sonne/Cream for the Sun.Published by Verlag Hans Schiler, Berlin/Tübingen 2018