3 Inger-Mari Aikio Translations

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rod creature


the car twists between the mountains

along the long norwegian coast

veers up trollstigen

in zig zags all the way up

we could jump off trollveggen


we don’t jump

we continue from fjord to fjord

along the endless coast

you drive

I nap


then you start dozing off

even though midnight oil is thumping

how do we sleep

while the beds are burnin’

I raise the volume


It’s no good

I open your fly

dig out your cock

suddenly you’re more awake

than ever once on this trip


you ask me to stop

but won’t let me stop

you whisper you’re crazy


you hit the gas

pass three cars


the rod creature stretches upward

it would wriggle out the window

if it could get away from my lips


in the back of a pickup truck ahead

some soldier boys crack up laughing





 

soabbenávdi 


norgga riddu lea guhkki

biila hurgá gáissáid ja váriid gaskka

mohkkasa trollstigena

njunnesuorrámiid gitta bajás

trollveggenis sáhtášii njuiket 


ean njuike

jotke mátkki vuonas vutnii

nohkameahttun gátti

don vuoját

mun oađestuttan


ja de donge oađestuddagoađát

vaikko midnight oil heađástuddá

how do we sleep

while the beds are burnin’

lasihan jiena


ii veahket

leahkastan cuobi

rokkan soappi

fáhkka leat gozuid alde

eanet go oktiige dán mátkkis


dáhtuhat heaitit

itge goittot divtte

savkalat you’re crazy


deaddilat gássa

sihkastat golmma biilla meattá


soabbenávdi gaŋká

guovllašii biilalásas olggos

jus beasašii mu baksamiid meattá


guorbmebiilla alde

soalddáhat rešket
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Kasper Salonen is a bilingual spoken word poet and translator from Helsinki, Finland. He graduated with a major in English philology from the University of Helsinki in 2015, and has performed psychedelic performance poetry in both his native languages, English and Finnish, since 2010. He is also a long-time active member and producer in the Helsinki Poetry Connection community. In 2014, Salonen self-published a collection of his early English poetry (Correlations) and a five-track spoken word album (Jigsaw EP). He has several projects forthcoming, including cross-disciplinary collaborations as well as his Finnish debut poetry collection and a selection of his translations from legendary poet Arto Melleri (both from Enostone, 2020). Salonen has translated the work of numerous Finnish poets into English and organized more than 50 multilingual poetry events.

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INger-Mari Aikio was born in 1961 in Ohcejohka/Utsjoki and lives in Sámiland in Northern Finland. She is a poet, writer, translator, and director and producer of documentary films and music videos. She has also worked as a journalist, radio host and reporter. Inger-Mari has published ten books in Northern Sámi. Seven of these are poetry collections: Gollebiekkat almmi dievva (1989), Jiehki vuolde ruonas giđđa (1993), Silkeguobbara lákca (1995), Máilmmis dása (2001), Camera Poetica–Suonat (2008), Beaivváš čuohká gaba–Aurinko juo kermaa (2014) and 69 čuoldda–69 pylvästä (2018). Her poetry has been translated into English, Spanish, Norwegian, German, Hungarian, Finnish, French, Italian, Arabic, Kiswahili and Bulgarian. A trilingual poetry collection, Roađđi – Rosa Boreal – Boreal Rose (2016), was published in Sami, English and Spanish, together with Niillas Holmberg. Inger-Mari has also published two children’s books and a novel for teens and young adults in Northern Sámi: Riebana bihpporgáhkut (2006), Čáhcerávgga gazza (2011) and Tropihka rievssat (2016). She has also directed 11 documentaries and 12 music videos. Inger-Mari was nominated for the Nordic Litterature Prize (2004), the Skábmagovat Film Award (2013), and the State Award for Children’s Culture (2015).

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