Klemen Pisk

poet, writer, translator and musician

Poem in Inuktitut

ᐃᓅᖃᑎᖃᖅᐸᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᒪᕈᕐᓗ

ᐃᓅᖃᑎᖃᖅᐸᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᕐᒥᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᐅᕋᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ:
“ᑖᖕᓇ ᑭᒡᓕᖓᑦ ᐃᑳᕆᐊᖃᙱᓚᐃᑦ.”
ᐊᖕᒪᓗᖅᑐᓕᐅᓕᕆᕗᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ, “ᐊᖕᒪᓗᖅᑑᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑎᑦ.
ᐱᓱᒡᕕᒋᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᑳᖏᓪᓗᒍ ᑭᒡᓕᖓᑦ.”
ᐊᓄᕆᐊᓗᒃ ᑎᑭᒃᑲᒥ ᑭᒡᓕᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᖅ ᓄᖑᑉᐳᖅ.
ᐊᒪᕈᖅ ᓇᖏᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᖕᒪᓗᖅᑑᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ.
ᓂᒡᓚᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᒪᖁᒡᓗ ᑕᖃᐃᕙᖓᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓅᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ.
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓚᐅᙱᓐᓇᒥ ᑭᒡᓕᓕᐊᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓃᒻᒪᖔᖅ ᓱᓕ,
ᑭᒡᓕᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓐᓃᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᐅᕋᕐᒥ.

Translated into Inuktitut by Doris Tautu