Mostra di Su Benatzu

dàn bho Shardinia

by Iain S Mac a’ phearsain

seann togalach cloiche
a chaidh na ablach
o chionn linn crochadh nan con
gealltainn taisbeanadh
de dh’antropeòlas dùthchail
ann an dùthaich na gaoithe
‘s na grèine
‘s nan daoine cho falaichte,
fialaidh
ris na Gàidheil

Mostra di Su Benatzu
poem from Sardinia

an old stone building
gone to ruin
since the age of hanging dogs
promising an exhibition
of rural anthropology
in the land of wind
and sun
and people as hidden,
generous
as the Gaels