XXI<\/b><\/p>\n
Ntuvi daa in nuyu nuun yaa ni<\/span><\/p>\n Ma\u2019\u00f1u yo\u2019o ve\u2019i jin yutun iti Ntee so\u2019o nijia da isu jie\u2019e da nkiji jika je nkatyi daa a suvi daa va Ya\u2019a, Yuku Niyi, tata; nkiji dayo ya\u2019a tyata saa va jini-ni ityi <\/p>\n Mi lengua fue horadada por un clavo<\/span><\/p>\n Entre la ra\u00edz de la casa y el ocotal El o\u00eddo atento del venado escuchaba los pasos de los verdaderos El ojo atento del \u00e1guila vio las lenguas de fuego a punto de alcanzarlo<\/span><\/p>\n Aqu\u00ed en la Monta\u00f1a de la Muerte, padre; ya hab\u00edamos venido por De ni\u00f1o me trajiste, despu\u00e9s vine con el abuelo y la abuela y <\/p>\n My tongue was pierced by a nail<\/span><\/p>\n Between the root of the house and the ocotal<\/span>1<\/sup> Deer\u2019s attentive ear listened to the steps of the true Eagle\u2019s attentive eye saw the tongues of fire about to reach him<\/span><\/p>\n Here on the Mountain of Death, father; we\u2019d already come before and this is why As a child you brought me here, later I came with my grandfather and grandmother <\/p>\n <\/p>\n XXII<\/b><\/p>\n Niko savi je ntu kuvi kakan-ni na\u2019a nu axin in siki ita <\/p>\n Retorna la lluvia y no puedo pedirte la mano o un collar de flores <\/p>\n Rain returns and I can\u2019t ask for your hand in marriage or a floral necklace <\/p>\n <\/p>\n XXVII<\/b><\/p>\n Nasa katyi-ni vitan? Ne ya\u2019a, <\/p>\n \u00bfC\u00f3mo debo decir ahora? Desde aqu\u00ed <\/p>\n How must I speak now? From here <\/p>\n <\/p>\n XXVIII<\/b><\/p>\n Naku\u2019un ini-ni yaku da tu\u2019un nana-ni Kuvi-ni nakoo-ni sava kuvi katyi-ni da tu\u2019un ntu nkatyi-ni <\/p>\n Recuerdo algunas palabras de mi madre Quisiera levantarme para poder decir las palabras que no dije <\/p>\n I remember my mother\u2019s words I\u2019d like to wake up so that I could say the words I did not <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n XXI Ntuvi daa in nuyu nuun yaa ni Ma\u2019\u00f1u yo\u2019o ve\u2019i jin yutun iti \u00f1anni-ni a yatyi jinu ii-ni ka Kua sa naku-ni in tu\u2019un tyiji savi, soma kuatyi ka\u2019an naan-ni ni: Da no\u2019o ku\u2019va kaa jie\u2019e danu jin nuun ku\u00f1u yata xu-ni Da un\u2019un-ni jin da yiki tiin-ni je kune\u2019ya daa ni Ntee so\u2019o […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":47195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2892],"tags":[],"genre":[],"pretext":[],"section":[],"translator":[],"lal_author":[5787],"class_list":["post-47196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literatura-indigena","lal_author-kalu-tatyisavi"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47197,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47196\/revisions\/47197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47196"},{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=47196"},{"taxonomy":"pretext","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pretext?post=47196"},{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=47196"},{"taxonomy":"translator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/translator?post=47196"},{"taxonomy":"lal_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lal_author?post=47196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>\u00f1anni-ni a yatyi jinu ii-ni ka
\n<\/span>Kua sa naku-ni in tu\u2019un tyiji savi, soma
\n<\/span>kuatyi ka\u2019an naan-ni ni:
\n<\/span>Da no\u2019o ku\u2019va kaa jie\u2019e danu
\n<\/span>jin nuun ku\u00f1u yata xu-ni
\n<\/span>Da un\u2019un-ni jin da yiki tiin-ni je kune\u2019ya daa ni<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>[jiso a naa
\n<\/span>Je nini nijia tasu yaa \u00f1u\u2019un, saa va kuna kayu ti<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Sa niyo luli-ni je niso nu nu\u2019u, je ityi nuun ka je nkiji-ni jin ta\u2019un
\n<\/span>[jin na\u2019nu na
\n<\/span>saa va nkaan-ni
\n<\/span>Kuvi-ni kanini-ni, a kayu ii-ni ka iti neen-ni<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>so\u00f1\u00e9 que a\u00fan andaba veloz
\n<\/span>Como diciendo una palabra bajo lluvia, pero
\n<\/span>en realidad estoy repitiendo:
\n<\/span>Estimadas hermanas comiencen
\n<\/span>en lo que queda de mis nalgas
\n<\/span>mis dientes y mis u\u00f1as ser\u00e1n testigos<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>[pregoneros<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>[eso conozco el camino<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Se mi hizo costumbre
\n<\/span>Quisiera pensar que a\u00fan traigo el ocote prendido<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>I dreamt that I was still walking quickly
\n<\/span>As if speaking poetry underneath the rain, but
\n<\/span>really I\u2019m repeating:
\n<\/span>Dear sisters, begin
\n<\/span>with what remains of my buttocks
\n<\/span>my teeth and nails shall bear witness<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>[revellers<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>[I know the way<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>it became my custom
\n<\/span>I\u2019d like to think that I still carry the burning ocote<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>ntaka va too saa va ntu \u00f1u\u2019un ka miki ini da yiki
\n<\/span>Ya\u2019a na ka\u2019an ka, sa nastee daa.
\n<\/span>Katyi daa nuun-ni jin da yaa daa: ka\u2019an dayo ityi ka
\n<\/span>Suni ntu jini-ni tu nuun dayo ne yata yuu ya\u2019a
\n<\/span>Tu jia\u2019a dayo yuvi kua yuyu ntu kuvi nute e
\n<\/span>Kua \u00f1u\u2019un jika yukuan yata koo nute luli
\n<\/span>Ka\u2019an-ni a tee so\u2019o-ni:
\n<\/span>Ne ityi ki\u2019in nu?
\n<\/span>Ntia\u2019an natyiso-ni, soma kuma nakasi ini sukun-ni, je katyi ni ini:
\n<\/span>[niko-ni na
\n<\/span>Ya\u2019a na\u2019an jie\u2019e da nnitakaa<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>todo se escurre como si el tu\u00e9tano ya no existiera
\n<\/span>Aqu\u00ed nadie habla del adi\u00f3s.
\n<\/span>Me dicen con su canci\u00f3n: nos hablamos otra vez
\n<\/span>Tampoco s\u00e9 si bajaremos un poco m\u00e1s atr\u00e1s de esta piedra
\n<\/span>Si cruzaremos el r\u00edo como gota que no desea fundirse
\n<\/span>Como luz que se pasea all\u00e1 sobre la peque\u00f1a ola
\n<\/span>Creo escuchar:
\n<\/span>\u00bfA d\u00f3nde vas?
\n<\/span>A\u00fan no contesto, pero parece que mi garganta se cierra y dice
\n<\/span>[desde adentro: estar\u00e9 de regreso
\n<\/span>Ah\u00ed hay muchas huellas ahorcadas<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>everything slides away like bone marrow that no longer exists
\n<\/span>No one here speaks of partings.
\n<\/span>They speak to me in song: <\/span>we\u2019ll talk again soon
\n<\/span><\/i>I don\u2019t know if we\u2019ll descend a bit more behind this stone
\n<\/span>Or if we\u2019ll cross the river like a drop that does not want to merge
\n<\/span>Like light cresting a small, distant wave]
\n<\/span>I believe I hear:
\n<\/span>Where are you going?
\n<\/span><\/i>I\u2019ve yet to answer, but my throat seems to close and say
\n<\/span>[from inside: I will return
\n<\/span>There are many broken footprints here<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Tu nnakuni nijia dayo maan dayo:
\n<\/span>Nenu kua\u2019an tixiko nini dayo sa niyo luli dayo?
\n<\/span>Navi jit asa jita yoko nuun tatyi?
\n<\/span>Va kua nasa\u2019a noo tyii va katyi ti nuun dayo
\n<\/span>Ntu naku\u2019un ini-ni nenu, va nka\u2019an ti jie\u2019e a nakui dayo
\n<\/span>Je ntu niyo siki ti
\n<\/span>jie\u2019e da xu\u2019un kuatyi ni\u2019in ti<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>ne nuun je
\n<\/span>tyi niin iyo,
\n<\/span>in ni kuvi a niin iyo jin nuun kaku u<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Si tan s\u00f3lo nos hubi\u00e9ramos reconocido a nosotros mismos:
\n<\/span>\u00bfD\u00f3nde se fue la golondrina que vimos en la ni\u00f1ez?
\n<\/span>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 el canto del tlacuache al viento dice m\u00e1s de lo mismo?
\n<\/span>Tal vez la limpieza del zopilote nos pueda decir
\n<\/span>No me acuerdo d\u00f3nde, una vez \u00e9l me habl\u00f3 del car\u00e1cter
\n<\/span>Y que tampoco era culpable
\n<\/span>de las limosnas que recib\u00eda<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>desde donde y
\n<\/span>porque el silencio,
\n<\/span>se funde todo con su nacimiento<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>If only we would\u2019ve recognised us for ourselves:
\n<\/span>Where did the swallow we saw in our youth go?
\n<\/span>Why does the opossum\u2019s song to the wind tell the same story?
\n<\/span>Maybe the ritual cleanse of the vulture can tell us
\n<\/span>I don\u2019t remember where, once the vulture told me about a character
\n<\/span>And that he was not to blame either
\n<\/span>for the alms he received<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>from where and
\n<\/span>because of the silence,
\n<\/span>with its birth everything becomes one<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Jika iyo-ni je kumi-ni nasa ne\u2019ya \u00f1a
\n<\/span>Axin iyo yatin-ni nuun koo va\u2019a-ni
\n<\/span>Kua in \u00f1ivi jika tyiji yuku
\n<\/span>In kivi, \u00f1a\u2019an-tikuva kuni nu\u2019u kua in na\u2019a yuku najiavi
\n<\/span>In kivi yatin, naxiniko tatyi-ni ma ya\u2019a
\n<\/span>Je kuvi kunu ka nuun-ni je yiki-xini-ni najiavi nijia ma xiin-ni<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Kakan tu\u2019un-ni nuun in na\u2019a yuku nkuvi ita
\n<\/span>Katyi-ni nuun da jika ini ityi a nkuta\u2019vi-ni
\n<\/span>Ne\u2019ya-ni da na\u2019a-ni je ntu jini-ni ne ityi xine\u2019en da xini tiin-ni
\n<\/span>Va vitan je kani ka da yakuaa
\n<\/span>Jia\u2019a in a jiaku tyiji yuku, vitan ntu jia\u2019nu ka da yutun
\n<\/span>Nuun jika dayo je kuvi dayo kuaa dayo jin da yuu xi\u00f1u tyiji \u00f1u\u2019un<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Estoy lejos y conservo su mirada
\n<\/span>O quiz\u00e1 estoy m\u00e1s cerca donde debiera
\n<\/span>Como paseante bajo la loma
\n<\/span>Un d\u00eda la mujer-mariposa me ver\u00e1 como una hoja descansando
\n<\/span>Un d\u00eda cercano mi voz rebotar\u00e1 aqu\u00ed mismo
\n<\/span>La mirada ser\u00e1 m\u00e1s profunda y mi hueso-cabeza descansar\u00e1
\n<\/span>[realmente a mi lado<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Preguntarle a una hoja que fue flor
\n<\/span>Decirle gracias al mendicante
\n<\/span>Veo mis manos y no puedo saber la direcci\u00f3n de los dedos
\n<\/span>Quiz\u00e1 la noche es ahora un poco m\u00e1s larga
\n<\/span>Una risa pasajera en el bosque ahora desierto
\n<\/span>donde andamos y deseamos saludar al mineral<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>I\u2019m far yet I keep the look in her eyes
\n<\/span>Or maybe I\u2019m much closer to where I should be
\n<\/span>Like a wanderer beneath the hill
\n<\/span>One day butterfly-woman will see me as a resting leaf
\n<\/span>One day my voice will echo close to here
\n<\/span>The gaze will be deeper and my bone-head shall rest
\n<\/span>[truly at my side<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Question a leaf that was a flower
\n<\/span>Give thanks to the beggar
\n<\/span>I recognise my hands yet I can\u2019t know the direction of my fingers
\n<\/span>Maybe evening\u2019s now a bit longer
\n<\/span>A fleeting laugh in the now deserted forest
\n<\/span>where we stroll and hope to greet the mineral<\/span><\/p>\n1<\/span> Pino ocote<\/span><\/i>, or Montezuma pine, native to Mexico and common in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca.<\/span><\/h6>\n
Translated into English by Morgan L. Ventura<\/span><\/h5>\n
Poems from <\/span>Tyi niin iyo \/ Porque el silencio<\/span><\/i> (Pluralia Ediciones, 2019)<\/span><\/a>,
\nforthcoming in English translation by Morgan L. Ventura as <\/span>Because of the Silence<\/span><\/i> (Skein Press, 2027)<\/span><\/h5>\nBuy books by the authors and translators featured in this issue on our Bookshop page!<\/b><\/a><\/h5>\n
Photo: \u00d1uu Savi writer Kalu Tatyisavi.<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"