And
Say to the tomb, without pride
Here identities, prayers bleed
And, look
Here also the nation is reborn
And since a country has but one language
That of its future, of its people
I will brandish my own
Though full of holes
And since we won’t exile ourselves
Or harm our land
I will be, for my nation
The eternal shepherd.
Bios Diallo (born 1966) Mauritania
Translated by Emma Ramadan
Source: Words Without Borders
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