Johan Sandberg McGuinne
inglês
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
Produção de áudio: Haus für Poesie, 2019
Produção de áudio: 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