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Livččen riidalit hearráiguin

Åsa Blind
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OriginalTraduzione inglese / English translation / Traduction anglaise: Juha Rämö
LIVČČEN RIIDALIT HEARRÁIGUINI WOULD HAVE ARGUED WITH THE AUTHORITIES
  
Livččen riidalit hearráiguinI would have argued with the authorities
livččen muitalit duođatold them the truth
cealkit daidda buohkaidemade them all understand
maid leat baháid dahkanthe evils they've done
gielain, lágain ja bahpariinto the language, the law and the papers
buriid eatnamiid váldánthe good land they've taken
jeahkáliid čiehkan ovssiiguinthe liken they've covered with slash
rási hohkadan čáziin.the grass they've drowned under water.
  
Livččen riidalit hearráiguinI would have argued with the authorities
livččen cábmit ja bealkithit and denounced them
váldit ruoktot buriid buottaken back all the good
maid mii leat ferten additthey made us give up
jos in livčče nu unniif I wasn't this small
jos mii eat livčče nu moaddeif we weren't this few
jos sii vel ipmirdivččeif only they would understand
sámi iežas gielathis unique Sami language of ours.


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