Sormena literaturan eta zientzian - Karmel

LEONARD PELLTIER
aboriginal sin
We each begin in innocence.
We all become guilty.
In this life you find yourself guilty
of being who you are.
Being yourself, that’s Aboriginal Sin,
the worst sin of all.
That’s a sin you’ll never be forgiven for.
We Indians are all guilty,
guilty of being ourselves.
We’re taught that guilt from the day we’re born.
We learn it well.
To each of my brothers and sisters, I say,
be proud of that guilt.
You are guilty only of being innocent,
of being yourselves,
of being Indian,
of being human.
Your guilt makes you holy.
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