And what shapes
in assent and ascent
must people the eye of newborn
determined desire know
no frightened tear ever rolls on
to the elegance of fire. I have
fallen with all the names I am
but the newborn eye, old as
childbirth, must touch the day
that, speaking my language, will
say, today we move, we move ?
Translation not available
My siel op haelwit wolke
In gietende reën sypel my gedagtes: eindloos!
Ek stuur vir jou die goud
van sondeurdrenkte landskappe
in die galery van my stille gemoed.
My opgevoude gedagtes steek vas
en onderhou my geheue
wat onvermydelik verstrengel is
en soos gister
vind jy my siel op haelwit wolke;
my gedagtes wentel om die aura van my taal
en rol ragfyn ligstraaltjies voor my uit:
wat die tuimelende bergstilte
laat rol oor die dansende blou waters
na die holtes van my gedagtes.
google translate version
My soul haelwit clouds
In pouring rain seeps my mind: endless!
I send you the gold
of sun-drenched landscapes
in the gallery of my quiet mind.
My thoughts folded down pitch
and keep my mind
which is inevitably intertwined
and like yesterday
You will find my soul haelwit clouds;
my thoughts revolve around the aura of my language
and part sheer ligstraaltjies before me:
the tumbling mountain silence
rolling on the dancing blue waters
the hollows of my mind.
IZINKONDLO ZEMILILO
Ngizokulandela wena uze ushone emgodini
Uze ushone lapho ufihle khona izinkondlo zakho
Ngize ngikubone usuzibasela usuzenza ubhaqa
Kuze kuthi klelele nakude emashona
Kube engathi uphethe izinkanyezi
google translate version
I shall invisibly follow you into the sacred vaults
Deep in the belly of earth where you hide your burning poems
From a distance watching you raise secret words as the torch
Nay, the comet illuminating the arc to the depths of sunsets
My trasnlation
I shall follow you till the day you die
I shall follow to till we arrive to a place where you hid your sins
Till I see you hide them
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The competition is out of date, There are no more Ice dragons
