Zimakwanira
kuopa chiyambi chake
za
kuchepetsa kukumbukira
kuti ponse
kukongola kovomerezeka
ndi mawu oyera.      
 
Pansi pa Magazi Owuma
sonkhanitsani zidutswa za kuyembekezera
kuchokera pano
cha
kuwonekera
m’njira ya mbalame
zitsamba ndi madzi osakaniza.      
 
Ndiye zikufunika chiyani
kuyendayenda kwa zinthu zomwe zinanenedwa
zomwe zimawononga
moyo wapadziko lapansi.      
 
Personne ne sait    
ni le peintre des morsures   
ni le sable de la mer   
fermer la fontanelle de l'enfant.      
 
yankhula ndi khutu
kusowa kwa miyala
amalodza kuseka kwa mawere
monga kunyumba.      
 
amamveka
chinsalu chouma chikukupiza ndi mphepo
monga kuyankhula zopanda pake
pansi pa denga lachabechabe.      
 
Mbalame yakuda imayimba
cholemba chotsatira
lingaliro limabwera
Ndikukankha kukhudza.      
 
( ntchito ndi Pascale GERARD )

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