Poetry at Sangam
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Tlapayajtotomej ome
Ijtik on xochimej uan ijtokauan chikiritsin
kinchijchiuaj intepasoltsitsiuan kan inkoneuan
uajnokechteketsaj kualistokej kenejke notajtsin
kitlakuijkuilia iajos
ixonakapachol
uan sa kajkamojtik
kampa on mastlakapaltin kajkapostikej
techiliaj tla yetiueliskej titokaskej
Golondrinas dos
Entre las entrañas de chikiritsin
construyen sus nidos donde sus crías
asoman la cabeza para mirar a mi padre
preparando los dientes de ajo y el pachol
de la cebolla morada
porque esas alas color noche
marcan el tiempo de la siembra
Swallows II
Within the depths of chikiritsin 3 vines
they construct their nest; their young
reach out their necks to watch my father
prepare the garlic cloves and the pachol 4
of purple onion
because those wings, the colour of night,
mark the time of sowing
NOTES
(3) chikiritsin: Vigna caracalla; Snail Bean. A vine bearing edible purple-white flowers which resemble the combs of a rooster. It blooms during the month of December.
(4) pachol: a seed mixture containing onion, chilli or tomato, among others, which is sown into prepared soil between other plants.
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