Thursday, June 2, 2016

Chrysogonus' Translation #67 - from Lies Van Gasse #151

Sesungguhnya, aku punya buku hitam kecil
dan ada satu nama tertulis di tiap halamannya

Setelah kesunyian seminggu kubaca lagi nama-nama itu
namaku sendiri, nama ayahku

sunyinya nama ibuku,
nama temanku, tertiup angin


The thing is, I’ve got a little black book
and there’s a name written on every page.

After a week of silence I read again those lighting names:
my own name, my father’s name,

the silence of my mother’s name,
my roommate’s name, blowing away, 

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