Question

Langston Hughes

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Original	Traduzione finlandese / Finnish translation / Traduction finnoise...
QUESTION	KYSYMYS

When the old junk man Death	Kun vanha jätemies kuolema
Comes to gather up our bodies	tulee keräämään ruumiitamme
And toss them into the sack of oblivion,	heittääkseen ne unohduksen säkkiin,
I wonder if he will find	mahtaakohan hän löytää
The corpse of a white multi-millionaire	valkoisen monimiljonäärin ruumiin, joka ansaitsee
Worth more pennies of eternity,	jonkin pennin verran enemmän ikuisuutta
Than the black torso of	kuin mustan puuvillanpoimijan
A Negro cotton-picker.	maallinen tomumaja?

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