Aghaidhean-Choimheach Wearing Masks
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Aghaidhean-Choimheach Wearing Masks

 

Tha sinn uile diofaraichte
agus nar n-aonar.
Tha sinn a' smaointinn gu bheil fios againn
air smaoin an fhir eile
ach chan eil idir.

Tha aghaidhean-choimheach oirnn uile:
tha saorsa againn san dorchadas,
ach nuair chuireas sinn oirnn an sgàile seo
chan eil i furasta
ri caitheamh bhuainn.

Tha sinn a' cur eòlas oirnn fhèin
gu latha ar bàis.
Chan eil fhios aig neach eile
air aon smaoin a bhuineas dhuinn.
Chan eil fiù 's fhios againn fhèin.

 

We are all different
and alone.
We think we know
other people’s thoughts
but we know nothing at all.

We all wear masks:
in the darkness we feel free;
but once we start wearing this disguise
it’s not easy
to remove.

We go on learning about ourselves
until the day we die.
Nobody else knows
a single one of our thoughts.
We don’t even know ourselves

 

  Dan le (poem by):

Naomi Ballantyne


Dealbh le (drawn by):
School:
Date:
Naomi Ballantyne
Aberdeen (Hazlehead)
2005

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