MIRRORS: The Aborigine Poetry of Eldred Van-Ooy by Justin Spring - HTML preview

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Toktok Nem Bilong Samting: ORIGINAL PIDGIN

 

Na Drimtaim i-tokim mi mas ran.

Na mi mas ranim nu samting.

Mun go kol.

Ai bilong wara i-tudark, i-faitim kundu.

Lip bilong mi i-tokim nem bilong plenti samting.

Na toktok gowe long  nattaim ples, olsem balus.

Em i-stap wantaim long samting i-nogat nem.

Mun go kol.

Ai bilong wara i-tudark, i-faitim kundu.

Blut bilong mi go olsem starstar. 

Mi foldawn olsem dog. 

Naw samting mi ran, em i-ranim mi.

Naw toktok i-maw,

olsem ran, olsem smel bilong grawn.

JAN 3, 1939