2022-04-23

Málaí gainimh in Kharkiv / Sandbags in Kharkiv

táid ag rith as am
bailíonn siad málaí gainimh
dá mbard náisiúnta
        chosain seisean a dteanga
        in aghaidh scrios is díchuimhne
sands of time run out
and yet they gather sandbags
to protect their poet:
        he once shored up their language
        against winds of destruction