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    ESPETXEKO HAIKUAK/JAILHOUSE HAIKUS

    12.

    And yet the jailhouse
    comes to me even today
    in the bad nightmares.

    Those friends from back there,
    and also the fears from there,
    do last forever.

    For me to sleep well
    the door of the room I’m in
    must be half open.
    © Translation: 2020, Elizbeth Macklin

    ESPETXEKO HAIKUAK/JAILHOUSE HAIKUS

    12.

    Baina kartzela
    agertzen zait oraindik
    amesgaiztoan.

    Hango lagunak,
    baita beldurrak ere,
    betiko dira.

    Gelako atea
    lasai loak hartzeko,
    erdi irekita.
    © 2019, Kirmen Uribe
    From: 17 Segundo
    Publisher: Susa, Zarautz
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    ESPETXEKO HAIKUAK/JAILHOUSE HAIKUS

    12.

    And yet the jailhouse
    comes to me even today
    in the bad nightmares.

    Those friends from back there,
    and also the fears from there,
    do last forever.

    For me to sleep well
    the door of the room I’m in
    must be half open.
    © 2020, Elizbeth Macklin
    From: 17 Segundo

    ESPETXEKO HAIKUAK/JAILHOUSE HAIKUS

    12.

    And yet the jailhouse
    comes to me even today
    in the bad nightmares.

    Those friends from back there,
    and also the fears from there,
    do last forever.

    For me to sleep well
    the door of the room I’m in
    must be half open.
    © 2020, Elizbeth Macklin
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