K'iche'

Ri tz'i'

Kasiqon chiri’
kasiqon jela’
kasotik
kuk’yaqasitaj rib’.

Kuril jun atit tz’i,’
kuriq’ ri utza’m,
kuterenej, tek’uri’ kusach rib’.

Kok pa ri jun ja,
katix ja chirij
aninaq kaxik’anik kel uloq.

Are kech kojonel,
man k’o ta rajaw.

Kuwalisaj ri jun raqan,
kub’an ri uchul
chu xcutjun kuta’m che’,
puwi’taq ab’aj,
wene’ panik’aj taq b’e.

Kati’onik xa rumal
xaq kape pa uk’ux

kuchap chi ri wakatem
kutak’ab’a ri uj’e

Español

El chucho

Oliendo aquí,
oliendo allá,
se sienta,
se rasca.

Ve una chucha,
se lame el hocico
la sigue y se pierde.

Entra en una casa,
le riegan agua
y sale corriendo.

Es de todos y de ninguna.

Levanta una pata,
orina al pie de un tronco,
sobre una piedra
o a medio camino;

ladra porque le da la gana

y sigue vagando
con la cola parada.

English

The Mutt

Sniffing here,
sniffing there,
he sits,
he scratches.

He sees a bitch,
licks his chops
follows her and gets lost.

Goes into a house,
gets splashed with water
and comes running out.

He belongs to everybody and to no one.

He lifts a leg,
pisses at the foot of a tree,
on a rock
or in the middle of the street;

barks because he feels like it

and goes bumming around
with his tail sticking up.