Originally published in Panorama in Interlingua (March-April 2016 issue). The below audio pronunciation was generated by Parlator.org.
Quando le povressa e nive suffocava mi dignitate,
mi statos de Facebook que diceva “Io es human”
sempre te placeva, amico, e bastava, assi proque tu
proprie humanitate debeva monstrar se si tosto depost?
Dedicated to Paul Lecorde, who died on August 2, 2015, only 48 years old.
English translation:
A Song to the Heart (or: A Song to Lecorde)
When poverty and snow were suffocating my dignity,
my Facebook statuses saying “I am human”
were always liked by you, friend, and sufficed, so why did your
own humanity have to be proven so soon after?