Empty Skies: RIKETO WÂSTA

MOUDO SERYO TAROS RIKETO WÂSTO

Clouds drift across empty skies

WERAN NOUSLO GLAISTÂ

The land keens its pain

OYNÂNO WODWO DUBNO

The loneliness cuts deep

WANDÂ KEIDYO KENÎ WERA

The tears fall as rain

ENI ANGU WERAN NOUSLO

In despair the land cries

KwANÂ MEWE SUTU DI RIKETO?

Where are my children of the sky?

KwASIR RIKETO WÂSTO?

Why are the skies empty?

KwID WRAGÂ AD KANTLO?

What happened to the songs?

WERAN LÂYO TANOS SUKSTO

The land lies beneath silence

ALIWETO SEGO AD SOWNO

Grief driving it to sleep

SUKSTO ENI DUSBWUYO

Quiet in its mourning

WERAN ANGU SUKSTO ONKYO

Its silent anguish to keep

© Elena Tornberg-Lennox 2022