Thursday, April 7, 2016

Chrysogonus' Translation #27 - from Burke's 'Quiet Street'

Jalan sepi

Hari ini ia memakai
kupluk Rastafarian
saat ia melintas
rumah kami, melangkah
menemui suaminya
berjalan menuju
flat mereka dan
bermain cinta dan makan
dan mengantarnya
bekerja. Begitulah
istirahat makan siangnya.
Di luar itu
jalanan ini sepi
tanpa cerita

Today she is wearing
her Rastafarian beanie
as she walks past
our house on her way
to meet her husband,
to walk him back
to their flat and
fuck him, feed him
and walk him back
to work. Such is
his lunch break.
Otherwise
it's a quiet street with
not much happening.


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