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OUR JOURNEY
It was a long wide roadand we set off together,
just you and me,
walking up that long wide road
wider than a country,
long as modern history.
After many days and months
and a full bucket of years,
you said, “why don’t we stop?”
and the place you said this
looked a lot like
where we’d set off from.
© Translation: 2020, Chris Beckett and Alemu Tebeje
From: Songs We Learn From Trees
Publisher: Carcanet Classics, Manchester, 2020
From: Songs We Learn From Trees
Publisher: Carcanet Classics, Manchester, 2020
የእኛ ጉዞ
የእኛ ጉዞ
እኔና እስዋ ሆነን ጉዛ ጅመርንና ፣ስንሄድ ስንሄድ በለፊው ጎዳና ፣
ለብዙ ሰአታት ለብዙ ጊዜያት ፣
ለብዙ ሳምንታት ለብዙ ወራት ፣
ለብዙ ዘመናት ለብዙ አመታት ፣
ተጉዘን ተጉዘን የደረስንበት ፣
ርቀናል ስንል ያው ካለንበት ።
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የእኛ ጉዞ
እኔና እስዋ ሆነን ጉዛ ጅመርንና ፣ስንሄድ ስንሄድ በለፊው ጎዳና ፣
ለብዙ ሰአታት ለብዙ ጊዜያት ፣
ለብዙ ሳምንታት ለብዙ ወራት ፣
ለብዙ ዘመናት ለብዙ አመታት ፣
ተጉዘን ተጉዘን የደረስንበት ፣
ርቀናል ስንል ያው ካለንበት ።
OUR JOURNEY
It was a long wide roadand we set off together,
just you and me,
walking up that long wide road
wider than a country,
long as modern history.
After many days and months
and a full bucket of years,
you said, “why don’t we stop?”
and the place you said this
looked a lot like
where we’d set off from.
© 2020, Chris Beckett and Alemu Tebeje
From: Songs We Learn From Trees
Publisher: 2020, Carcanet Classics, Manchester
From: Songs We Learn From Trees
Publisher: 2020, Carcanet Classics, Manchester
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