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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

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

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

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

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