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Seifu Metaferia

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MEASUREMENT

How did you keep them
once you bought them,
these house slaves,
these beings under your feet,
these measurements
of your importance?

© Translation: 2020, Chris Beckett and Alemu Tebeje
From: Songs We Learn From Trees
Publisher: Carcanet Classics, Manchester, 2020

መስፈሪያ

መስፈሪያ

እንዴት ነበር እምትይዙዋቸው
ስትገገሁዋቸው
እኒያን የቤቶቻችሁ ባሮች
የግሮቻችሁን ስር ዕቃዎች
የሰብእናችሁን መስፈራያዎች።

© 2020, Seifu Metaferia

Seifu Metaferia

Seifu Metaferia

Seifu Metaferia is a fearless older writer, poet and professor at Addis Ababa University, pioneer of research into oral literature including children’s poetry in Ethiopia. There is a thread of humour and compassion in his work, a focus on humble individuals, which humanise his steely-eyed explorations of truth and power. His much-loved collection of poems, Wistet, is titled with Seifu’s made-up...

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MEASUREMENT

How did you keep them
once you bought them,
these house slaves,
these beings under your feet,
these measurements
of your importance?

© 2020, Chris Beckett and Alemu Tebeje
From: Songs We Learn From Trees
Publisher: 2020, Carcanet Classics, Manchester

MEASUREMENT

How did you keep them
once you bought them,
these house slaves,
these beings under your feet,
these measurements
of your importance?

© 2020, Chris Beckett and Alemu Tebeje
From: Songs We Learn From Trees
Publisher: 2020, Carcanet Classics, Manchester

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