mimorian 07
forhwy ... ?
ic þū ágiilde.
be ġebǣre þú earan rēþe - sliðan.
BY YOUR CONDUCT, YOU ARE CRUEL.
āheardod -
wiðoutan efensárgunge,
HARD-HEARTED - WITHOUT COMPASSION.
be þin heardlícnesse - wilddēorlīċan
of drohtaþas ic eom bitere ætfæsted -
becwelende fram hire sālnesse.
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se āglāc of gemyndig deórwyrþeum
THE TORMENT OF PRECIOUS MEMORIES.
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ic sundorgenġan ...
ond hira geséðedlican forsewennesse.
ic lystan to behyċġe mid híe.
for frēode mid híe.
to eornostlice forþsprece.
to sóþsæge to hie ...
I DESIRE ONLY TO REASON
TO MAKE PEACE -
TO SAY EARNESTLY …
æfter eahtatyne gearum
mid ealles-náht fram þu …
AFTER 18 YEARS WITH NOTHING FROM YOU
ic friġne ángilde
cwæ ... asmeáþ -
þu min sefan ābrecende
mid to lýtel foreþanc as
þu tō þone sǣ se stān āweorpan.
ne asmeágunge
hu deóp hit feallaþ -
oþþe hit þǽræfter wunaþ
mīn eallan līf.
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forhwy earon þu of swelc réðemóde ?
to hwám þu éaðméde andettest ?
þú onscunodon mec and wolde
nane freondrædene mec habban …?
sóþfæstlice ?
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min módléof,
sprecan wordgleáw
wolde þu ne to mec cómen
æft úre woruldstundum gefremede
to gesibsumaþ ?
oððe earon þu togeagnes þone mann
hwam þu gelufian ágénstóde
efenþrówunge beslógon ?
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þu þone sārnesse becneów naht
wirnunge geanbesetted
be in eall þæm ġēarum -
þu ne āfandod.
YOU KNOW NOTHING OF THE SORROW
THAT YOUR SILENCE LEAVES.
BECAUSE IN ALL THE YEARS
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YOU HAVE NEVER CARED ENOUGH
TO FIND OUT.
þunresdæġ, 15 ƿeodmonað, 2024
