Kasper Salonen
english
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
From: 69 čuoldda – 69 pylvästä
Guovdageaidnu, Norway: DAT, 2018
Audio production: 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