LAMENT	LAMENT
Anon. .	trans. Edward Dorn & Gordon Brotherston (from Otomi)
gumbgue na tzitzo tzu teranetzi nugua tzimajay matzi nadunthi danvuigui tzagueto narantzivi natzi narancuay dijequi dithiegmi narandohi di tzirajahy nestihi napehde nadeni nuarabuiy nubui tziudi tiumbi nua rantzu nubui istindee ytzoni nadu aranbuiy gato nua namethi najay da huadi nua na nestihi nanbuigui dibgetze na octzi gato na tzandi najay nanigee otho tevea da pay unime ogui agui ytzege ya dothte ya ne ya puethe ajonto tambengui	the willow stands erect so pride flourishes here in the world it may live long but the fire-axe splits it the Wind throws it down ephemeral is the count of Flower life at sunrise it burgeons at sunset it weeps in death the whole thing on earth must end life is ephemeral and sinks into the pit the whole earth belly is a grave there is nothing it can sustain it hides it buries the water course, the river the stream, the spring: none goes back

Trans. Copyright © Edward Dorn & Gordon Brotherston 1999, - publ. North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, Cal.

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