2014-12-13

Dán/Poem

Aithint

Dúisím inniu im ghrús
Im ghrús Ceanadach
Cad tá ionam
Cad is ceart dom a ithe
An bhfuil eitilt agam
Cé hiad mo naimhde
Mo chairde
Im ghrús
Im ghrús Ceanadach
Cá bhfuil cónaí orm
Cad tá ionam in aon chor
Déchosaigh i mbun cogaíochta
Is cantaireachta
Is rinnfheithimh mar is gnáth
Cloisim leoithne bhog ghaoithe
Lapadaíl uisce -
Bhíos anso cheana
Recognition

I awake today as a crane
a sandhill crane
what am I
what should I eat
can I fly
who are my enemies
my friends
where do I live
what am I at all
Bipeds doing what they do
at war
singing
meditating
A soft breeze
the lapping of water -
I was here before