POEM
Aesomes
The sneck's aye sweirt and ayont
a doverin cratur wi a lit o the lowe
they ken ilka gadge on the bowe
bi the soond o thir foot-fa
glisk the skyrie lamp
hingin on the smittie ceilin
a spreckelt green plaunt is deein
a wandert bairn greets
aneath thon laich an gowstie lift
at lang an last the onfa.
Translated by Roddy Lumsden
Source: Poetry (April 2008).
This poem originally appeared in the April 2008 issue of Poetry.
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