Klemen Pisk

poet, writer, translator and musician

Poem in Balinese

I Petapa miwah I Srigala

Wenten petapa sane ngambar garis ring biase tur mebaos:
“Dane ten dados ngaliwatin garise puniki.”
Lantas ia ngambar bunderan asiki tur mebaos:
“Dane musti ngoyong ring tengah bunderane niki.”
Danedados nyebrangin bunderane, sakewala ten dados ngaliwatin garise niki.”
Lantas wenten angin gede rauh tur garise ilang.
Wenten srigala mejujuk di tengah bunderane.
Dingin tur ujan ngae ia kenyel, sakewala ia ten mekisid.
Ia ten nawang garise nika wenten derika napi ten
lamun nika sampun ten ngenah ring biase.

Translated into Balinese by Desi F Mandarini