Fire and Ice (with Amharic Translation)

Fire and Ice

BY ROBERT FROST

Some say the world will end in fire, 

Some say in ice. 

From what I’ve tasted of desire 

I hold with those who favor fire. 

But if it had to perish twice, 

I think I know enough of hate 

To say that for destruction ice 

Is also great 

And would suffice.

እሳት እና በረዶ

በሮበርት ፍሮስት

አንዳንዶቹ አርማጌዲዮን በእሳት ነው ይላሉ

ሌሎች የዓለም መጥፊያ በበረዶ ነው ይላሉ።

እኔ ግን ከጥልቅ ፍላጎት እንዳጣጣምኩት

በእሳት የሚሉትን ነው የደገፍኩት።

ሆኖም መጥፋት ካለባት ሁለቴ፣

ከማውቀው ጥላቻ የነዳው ስሜቴ

ለጥፋት ከሆነ ለውድማ’ነት

ያዋጣል በረዶን መምረጥ

ጥፋቱም ይሆናል የሚጣፍጥ።

ትርጉም ብሩክ በየነ

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እኩልነት

እኩልነት

ቀልቤ ሲነግረኝ እምቢ አልኩትና

መታረዝ መጠማቴን ችላ አልኩትና

እንደ ዲዮጋን ሰው ፍለጋ ወጣሁና. . .

ግራ ቀኝ ብዳክር ሳልቆርጥ ተስፋ

እንኳን ሰዉ እኔው ራሴ ለራሴ ጠፋ

ለካስ ከሊቅ እስከ ደቂቅ፣ አገሩ በሞላ

ሳናውቀው ተሽጠን ኖሯል እንዳለን በጅምላ

ለመሸጤ እንደ ደረሰኝ የቆረጡልኝ

እያለሁ ላለመኖሬ ያረጋገጡልኝ

መሸጫ ዋጋዬን ነው መሰል

አንተም እኩል ነህ ነው ያሉኝ!

#ብሩክ ዶን ብሩኖ፣ አዲስ አበባ ሐምሌ 22፣ 2008 ዓመተ ኢትዮጵያ

D.V.

              D.V.
 

The revised version of Atlantic System

A chalky light that surely for few to beam

A beam of one nation of high rank

Brightening the same awful landmark

A light that never beams in the dark

Leading us to the amiss track.

Duped with the adversity visa

Of crooked chance to labor in America,

Many are still leaving Home and Nation

Being favored with the allocation

Who says it makes difference now and then

Since history stamps itself once again.

To unlock and open wide gates of others

Knowing not, they’re bought for free in stock

Soon or later, to be wrapped in white frock

Many are still leaving Home and Nation

Being favored with the allocation.

For the mystery to give you a clue

My instinct says unto you

Forefathers worked for putrid peas and beans

And now our assets do it for base dollars;

With daft dream of an earthly paradise

Left home; locking their own doors.”

“Hear ye! Hear ye! Think twice!

Think about the Lost Race!

Because I do know it will suffice

Just think about the Lost Race!

Brook B. Tesfatsion 1997