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Monday, 11 March 2024

Since then I go - Birago Diop

Since then I go
I follow the pathways
the pathways and roads
beyond the sea and even farther,
beyond the sea and beyond the beyond;
And whenever I approach the wicked,
the Men with black hearts,
whenever I approach the envious,
the Men with black hearts
before me moves the Breath of the Ancestors.

Birago Diop (1906 - 1989) Senegal
Translator not stated

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