This was in the latest edition of Lallans magazine (July 2020). English translation on the left.
The Welcome
‘Pappa’
she yells,
running
up to me,
jumping
up and down
as
I enter the house:
the
wee lass, my granddaughter,
not
yet three years old
but
marvellously human
with
a character all her own.
It’s
been a while
since
any other creature on this earth
showed
such joy at my presence
and
I should learn from her
to
let folk matter to me
the
way she does,
to
be loving, and to show it.
Show
it to my poems
as
well: I’m glad to see you
I’m
sure they will answer,
the
ones I’ve fathered, mothered:
verses
jumping up and down,
holding
their arms out
when
I ring the bell.
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