Poem
Yanko González
example
They want me to leave like I did not want to leaveSo I tell them I am leaving
But by the first
or fifth step
They run after me
so that I iron their air
Dig their ditch
where they must change costumes.
Yesterday was the same
I understood clearly
they want me to leave
That’s what they discussed while I looked after their children.
I played what they played in Upper Volta
For example
The chair is called sink the door sardine
The table plate and the shoes silla
So the children shouted
Yellow
Open for us the sardine.
It was a game and they told me to go
That I had to teach them the words
as they should have been
For example
opening the mouth
is called
laughing.
bijvoorbeeld
Ze willen dat ik wegga alsof ik niet weg zou willenDus zeg ik ik ga
Maar al na de eerste stap
of na de vijfde
Rennen ze me achterna
dat ik de lucht voor ze moet strijken
Een greppel voor ze graven
waarlangs hun pakken kunnen paraderen.
Gisteren ging het net zo
Het was volkomen duidelijk
ze willen dat ik wegga
Dat zeiden ze tegen elkaar terwijl ik op hun kinderen paste
Ik speelde een spelletje uit Opper-Volta
Bijvoorbeeld
Je noemt de stoel toilet de deur sardien
De tafel servies en de schoenen zetel
Dus schreeuwden de kinderen
Gele
Doe de sardien eens open.
Het was een spel en ze zeiden dat ik weg moest
Dat ik ze de woorden moest leren
Zoals het hoort
Bijvoorbeeld
je mond opendoen
noem je
lachen.
ejemplo
Quieren que me vaya como si yo no quisiera irmeEntonces les digo me voy
Pero al primer
o quinto paso
Corren a buscarme
para que les planche el aire
Les abra una zanja
donde han de cruzar sus trajes.
Ayer fue lo mismo
Entendí claramente
quieren que me vaya
Eso es lo que se decían mientras cuidaba de sus niños
Yo jugaba a lo que en Alto Volta se jugaba
Ejemplo
La silla se llama lavabo la puerta sardina
La mesa vajilla y los zapatos cadira
Entonces los niños gritaban
Amarillo
Ábrenos la sardina.
Era un juego y dijeron que me fuera
Que tenía que enseñarles las palabras
Como se debían
Ejemplo
abrir la boca
se dice
reír.
From: De Alto Volta
Publisher: Ediciones El Kultrún , Valdivia
Publisher: Ediciones El Kultrún , Valdivia
Poems
Poems of Yanko González
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example
They want me to leave like I did not want to leaveSo I tell them I am leaving
But by the first
or fifth step
They run after me
so that I iron their air
Dig their ditch
where they must change costumes.
Yesterday was the same
I understood clearly
they want me to leave
That’s what they discussed while I looked after their children.
I played what they played in Upper Volta
For example
The chair is called sink the door sardine
The table plate and the shoes silla
So the children shouted
Yellow
Open for us the sardine.
It was a game and they told me to go
That I had to teach them the words
as they should have been
For example
opening the mouth
is called
laughing.
From: De Alto Volta
example
They want me to leave like I did not want to leaveSo I tell them I am leaving
But by the first
or fifth step
They run after me
so that I iron their air
Dig their ditch
where they must change costumes.
Yesterday was the same
I understood clearly
they want me to leave
That’s what they discussed while I looked after their children.
I played what they played in Upper Volta
For example
The chair is called sink the door sardine
The table plate and the shoes silla
So the children shouted
Yellow
Open for us the sardine.
It was a game and they told me to go
That I had to teach them the words
as they should have been
For example
opening the mouth
is called
laughing.
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