[látnjá ii jeara diimmu]

látnjá ii jeara diimmu
das lea mearihis olu áigi

muorra jearrá diimmu
ja rehkenastá
goas máihllis láhppo sohkar

soarvi ii jeara diimmu
das lea mearihis olu áigi

© Inger-Mari Aikio
Extrait de: Roađđi – Rosa Boreal – Boreal Rose
Helsinki: Sivuvalo project, 2016
Production audio: Haus für Poesie, 2019

[the sapling doesn’t ask the time]

the sapling doesn’t ask the time
it has an ocean of time

the tree asks the time and reckons
when its sap will lose all passion

the snag doesn’t ask the time
it has an ocean of time

translated by Inger-Mari Aikio