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De partout jusqu'a vous in Scots
Fæ aawy t’onieboadie
John Burnside
D’ir dat’at’s aff a’da rekirt:
sangs a’luv an piktirs: lævs fae lost pæpirs;
græns a’saand, ir stoor, ati’skrievins kum fae Puerto Madrin
ir Nova Scotia;
bit jun’s fu wi maniech, dæ apo dæ;
da shæd o a poppie apo a ungkin
postiech stamp, a bloo’at maks da lift
mær rekkibil a hævin; fu da spieriet
byds apo a fly-læf ir a dowd
postmerk; fu da sjaadoo
træks’im hem
fæ dæs a’mint an doontøm;
an ay da gjaains-on
a’distins: da mødoos an mænrodds
lentin awa ta a lied lang lost:
a kolli lowin aa nyght, ati’sum fram winnik;
da post apo da tæbil;
da græs o a ungkin haand.
De partout jusqu'a vous
translated into Scots by Alan Jamieson
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