Translation of the song Chiquilichtli artist Líadan (United States)

English

Chiquilichtli

English translation

Cicada

I am the mad one with twenty heads,

Ahm tha mad yin wha haes twenty heids

with forty eyes I see the sun rise,

Ah keek at tha sun wit forty een

with thirty arms I grovel to the place

Ah crawl tae tha ground wit thirty arms

where dreams are buried away,

Whaur dreams ur buried awaey

with thirty slivered fingers I dig deep

Ah howk deep wit thirty slivered fingers

where the earth meets the sea

Whaur tha earth meets tha sea

and throw the soil over my broken body

En throw tha soil ower ma't goosed body

beneath the waves of blood red.

Beneath tha waves o blood rid

In three thousand moon and suns

In three thousand moon en suns

I reemerge from the sacred mother,

Ah reemerge fae tha sacred mither

now I am whole with a single body

Wit a single body am hail noo

and with two eyes I see the sun rise,

En wit twa een ah see tha sun rise

with two arms I pry myself out of place

Pry masell oot o steid wit twa arms

and with all ten I reach for freedom,

En reach fur freedom wit a ten

I feel the dry dirt turn wet

Am feelin tha freuch dirt caw drookit

and once again I come alive

En come tae lee wance again

beneath the waves of blood red.

Beneath tha waves o blood rid

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