Clasics in Ñspel: THE DEAD MAN WALKING, by Thomas Hardy

Ɖ DED MAN WŌCÑ

Toṃs Hardi

Ɖe hêl m az wn livñ,
Bt d’nt ɖe nǒ
Ɖt I hv daid v lêt yirz,
Untūmd olɖo?

I am bt a śep ɖt standz hir,
A pulslis mold,
A pel past picćr, scrīnñ
Aśz gn cold.

Nt at a minit’s wornñ,
Nt in a lǎd aur,
Fr m sīst Tîm’z inćantmnts
In hōl n bǎr.

Ɖr wz no trajic transit,
No cać v breʈ,
Ẃn sîḷnt sīznz inćt m
On t ɖs deʈ…

– A Trūḅdor – yʈ I rambld
Wɖ Lîf fr lîr,
Ɖ bìts v biyñ rejñ
In m lîc fîr.

Bt ẃn I practist ayñ
Ɖ gol v men,
It îst m, n I periśt
A litl ɖen.

Ẃn pást mî frend, mî cinzfoc,
Ʈru ɖ Last Dor,
N left m standñ blīcli,
I daid yt mor;

N ẃn mî Luv’z hart cindld
In het v m,
Ẃr-fr I ń nt, daid I
Wn mor dgri.

N f ẃn I daid fŭli
I canot se,
N ćenjd intu ɖ corpsʈñ
I am tde,

Yt z it ɖt, ɖo ẃîlñ
Ɖ tîm smhǎ
In wōcñ, tōcñ, smîlñ,
I liv nt nǎ.

CLASICS IN ÑSPEL

05/12/2020

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