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Translation by Miriam Muscat (#29360)

The Beginning

All in a moment, years ago,
The boy I was became a man:
Suddenly my life began!
I saw the world before me— So
That ploughman by his horses stands
Sweating on the first hill's brow,
Having left the riverlands
Furrowed in the vale below,
And sees a mountainside to plough,
Barren rock to blunt his share,
Thunder hanging in the air,
And the black peak above him, bare,
Waiting now.
—Let him plough it if he dare!
Il-Bidu

F'leħħa ta' berqa, ħafna snin ilu,
It-tifel li kont sar raġel:
F'daqqa waħda ħajti bdiet!
Rajt id-dinja ta' quddiemi- Mela
Dak il-bidwi wieqaf ħdejn iż-żwiemel tiegħu
Jegħreq fuq il-quċċata tal-ewwel għolja,
Wara li kien ħalla l-għelieqi ta' ħdejn ix-xmara
Maħruta fil-wied ta' taħt,
U jara l-ġenb ta' muntajna li għad irid jaħrat,
Blat għeri li jtajjarlu x-xfar tal-moħriet,
Ragħad ikarwat fil-bogħod.
U l-quċċata sewdenija mperrċa fuqu, għerja,
Qegħda tistenna.
-Ħallih jaħratha jekk għandu ħila!


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