Jemelu,
filu;
olotu ja chomah ngua riska di MRT pra bos.
Eli sa klor? Impoku
mas di ki yo lembrah bos desah:
ngua korsang di ganchah amor.
It's like when they call me a Kristang activist;
something else comes to represent
that little thing that goes round the sun instead:
ngua destinu.
Ngua stori teng mas
di otru jenti sa mulera, kung alma,
di mutu tantu siumis.
I'm guessing
you haven't been thriving,
and that things have been falling apart, a little,
in your head and elsewhere.
But that's not a bad thing.
Everyone is still writing.
Everyone is still trying,
you and I, to say we're surviving.
Amiang logu teng otru lugah undi bos kereh les
mas di isti sorti di palabra;
mas pra yo? Yo ngka dibeh kontu yo logu desah
otru jenti teng fortuna
bai kung beng pra tempu, pra temastrah
abrih otru porta.
Kifoi?
Oh dekas. Ki ngua preguntu.
Adoi.
Nggeh dah kung yo rostu?
Yo pun nteh doi,
mas yo menus teng ngua angkoza mas bong:
ngua kauzu.
A spacetime I can actually be proud of.
A heritage that you and I both know
is way more than just a very nice-looking toy.
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