Ha’in, fae da start, mair as ee wye o spaekin,o makkin sense o things, we learn ta fit whit we say ta whit’s lippened. Takk pity apö dem at’s born ta wan tongue: dem at nivver preevemaet fae idder tables. Raised wi twa languages is unconscious faestin: twa wyes o tinkin.Een extends da tidder; can […]
Whan du telt me hoo du thowt o ‘luck’as nae mair as chance, de happy hubbelskjuo aentropie, I thowt onnly o de ben-endo my grandmidder’s hoose an aa her talismanso tat. Inbi, luck wis acht an lenned lik coins,hot fae de löf. Dere wis wyes aboot it:a sixpence fir de scratchcairds; tree skoiltso a gingernut […]
Doo minds dee, whan da wind stöd wast,
/ I’d lay twa linns, and rin dee doon,
/ An tak a stane, an step…
Supraeme sits he,
/ His fedders prinkin,
/ Sun-bricht,
/ Ita da grit sun’s glinkin,
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/ A lowin flame,
/ Wi black een blinkin –
/ Nor deevil ane
/ Keens what he’s…
I da dizzied hoose, a strum of flechs baet
/ endless drums fornenst a frenzied window.
/ Belligerent, dey want nedder in nor oot.
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/ Apö…
I could blame da wye da sea is smoothed
/ da stanes; da sylk o touch; da waelin, laevin;
/ an will da haert…
Der a ön o haet ida gairden here,
/ Whaar da sun-flooer proodly staands,
/ An dark-red roses trowe da…
Some dösna laek wir dialect an dis is what dey say: …
You dönna see da Simmer pass,
Rose-red wi laamer een;
You see a glöd o blue an gold,
A glisk o white an green
Whin da laeves an buds o da water-lilies
/ Spread roond da loch der dark-green frill
/ I took my…
Det er himmel for barn og himmel for trær
/ himmel for husker
/ og det er himmel for høye fjell
/ og snø
/ og himmel for…
En dag er veien søndersprengt. Ved historiens ende star vi og spør:
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/ Når var det bløte regent
/ når var den legende solen
/ Når…
