“Cadi cayuuba di ra gucana’ya’”
By Irma Pineda
Cadi cayuuba di ra gucana’ya’
casi riuuba guendarigani
sti’ ca binni ni ruyadxí si cuxhalecabe guidiladidu
riuudiagasica’ caxidxi calaa dxita ladi
ne ti guluí’ nuuca xizaa
rusiá ca’ rinni xhii layú
ti qui naca’ gacabiidi telayú
Notes:
Read the Spanish-language version by Irma Pineda. Read the English-language translation by Wendy Call. Read the note on this poem by Wendy Call.
Source: Poetry (February 2022)