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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!

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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!
Entry #29360 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Miriam Muscat
Miriam Muscat
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F'leħħa ta' berqa
Good term selection
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Josephine Cassar
ikarwat
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Josephine Cassar
Fil-bidu

Kollox f'mument, snin ilu,
It-tifel li kont sirt raġel:
F'daqqa waħda ħajti bdiet!
Rajt id-dinja qabli— Għalhekk
Dak il-bidwi wieqaf biż-żwiemel tiegħu
Jxoqq l-għaraq,
Ħalla l-artijiet tax-xmara
Imħeġġeġ fis-saħħa t'hawn taħt,
U jara muntanji biex jaħser,
Blat għerja ma jaqtgħux is-sehem tiegħu,
Ir-ragħad imdendel fl-arja,
U l-quċċata sewda 'l fuq minnha, vojta,
Stennija issa.
"Ħalluh moħmi jekk jiddejjaqx!
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