Johan Sandberg McGuinne

саамский (южный)

Johan Sandberg McGuinne

английский

Gïele-gæjsa

gïele lea gæjsab maab guedtebe
– dïhte lihphgierkehts lååvesjimmie –
jah vigkiejgujmie dievhtebe,
mah gierkiej vööste gæmhpoeh
mejstie aalkovisnie
böötin

sjaevehts baakoe leab

fïerhten tjaalesthtjomhph
ådtojne dålleste guedtebe,
gåessie orrejimmie båata
tsuemhtsine libie

mijjieh gujht vaeriej mojhtesh mah jåerrieh

© Johan Sandberg McGuinne
Аудиопроизводство: Haus für Poesie, 2019

This Vessel Called Language

We take this vessel called language – decalcified echoes –
and fill it with strife, challenging the rocks from
whence it came

i am the word not spoken

but we carry each syllable like scars from a fire,
and when it all ends we will be the dust,
deconstructed mountains reverberating

Translated into English by Johan Sandberg McGuinne