Saturday, December 29, 2018

Naked Wisdom 40 (translation)

ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎠᎾᏓᏅᏟ,
ᏴᏫ Ꮎ ᎠᏗᏍᎦᎶᏗᏎ
ᎤᎵᏍᏛ ᎤᎵᎾᏫ-ᎦᏙᎦ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ.

ᎢᏧᎳ Ꮭ ᎤᏅᏘᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏛᏁ,
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎾᏍᎩᏛ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎢᎦᏛ
ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᏏᏓᏁᎸᎯ ᎥᎿᎢ.


They are our brothers,
the people who
have vanished
from the end
of the turtle's tail.

We didn't know them,
but they are part
of our family.






Text © 2018 by Donald C. Traxler. Photo: Maggiorino Borgatello Salesian Museum, Punta Arenas, Chile.

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