WAYANAYSI | SWALLOW |
José Maria Arguedas (Peru - 1911-69) . |
trans. Edward Dorn & Gordon Brotherston (from Quechua) |
Wayanaysi rapran manaya k'an hinachii, mak'ta, runa. K'ollk'e chalwas ahujan mapu k'ochapi manaya k'an hinachu mak'ta, runa. |
The swallow moves its wings not so fast as you boy, man. The silver fish moves through the waters of river and lake not so fast as you boy, man. |
Trans. Copyright © Edward Dorn & Gordon Brotherston 1999, - publ. North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, Cal.
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