X. [Þú segir]

Þú segir:
                      „Ég er ríkur og orðinn
                      auðugur og þarfnast einskis“

                      Þú veist ekki að þú ert vesalingur
                      og aumingi, fátækur, blindur og nakinn

                                            obsassa veldur usla
                                            berrassa betur í basli

                                                     munnmök eru talin eiga uppruna sinn í
                                                       kínverskum trúarbrögðum

           Vændiskonur detta ekki í lukkupotta

                                                                  þeim er hrint

© Eirikur Örn Norddahl
录制: Literaturwerkstatt Berlin 2010

X.[You say]

You say:
                      "I am rich and have
                      become wealthy and need nothing “


                      Yet you know not that you're the wretched one,
                      miserable, poor, blind, and naked

                                            oopsadaisy causes mayhem
                                            bare-assed in Bethlehem

                                                             oral-sex is thought to have originated in
                                                             chinese mythology

         Prostitutes don't just get lucky

                                                             they get pushed

Translated by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl