Solkeldh-vïrre

Solkeldh-vïrre dov lea, jeehtih

fïerhtene gïknjeli sisnie ov-våajnoes
raasth

mojhteles-laakan nejpine åareme geehpehteminie,
baajeb aerpie-såarkoeb
maadth-jeanojne ektiedidh

– novh gujht kolonisasjovne jeanoeb aaj smeejveme

© Johan Sandberg McGuinne
Producción de Audio: Haus für Poesie, 2019

Diluted blood

Your blood is diluted, you said

Each drop intersected by invisible borders

So I cut open my 

and let the inherited grief intermingle

with the river I once called my home

– it, too, torn asunder by colonial hands.

Translated into English by Johan Sandberg McGuinne