pinabasolnak a nangasut iti rikna idi matiliwannak a mangmangan iti ayat
ginudasnak iti rabii a nasarakak ti bituen a natnag
igamko ti nagammatak a lawag
pinabulsaam iti ulimek ti bangkayko pinapetpetam iti lagip
ebidensia ti basolmo
Ang Iyong Kasalanan*
nanlaban ako at pinatay mo ako
inakusahan mo akong bumunot ng damdamin nang mahuli mo akong kumakain ng pag-ibig
pinatay mo ako sa gabing natagpuan ko ang nahulog na bituin
sandata ko ang nasunggaban kong liwanag
pinabulsahan mo ng katahimikan ang bangkay ko pinahawakan mo siya ng alaala
ebidensiya ng iyong kasalanan
*salin sa Filipino
Roy Vadil Aragon is a fictionist and a poet who writes mostly in Ilokano language. Many of his poems, short stories, and essays are published in Bannawag, an Ilokano magazine. He has won some writing prizes, awards, and fellowships for his fiction and poetry. He published his first printed book, BAGI dandaniw, a collection of selected Ilokano poetry, in 2015. In 2017, he published PAKSUY dandaniw & poems, a chapbook of poems in Ilokano and English. His selected Ilokano short stories, BANNUAR ken Dadduma Pay a Fiksion, was published in 2018. In 2000, he released a digital book of Ilokano poetry, Napili ken Saan a Napili a Dandaniw ken Dadduma Pay a Riknakem, considered as the first Ilokano poetry ebook. In 2019, he published two more Ilokano poetry collections, RABII 100 a #tweetniw, and BARIBARI. Besides writing, he edits and designs books, works as a freelance translator and editor, maintains a food blog, administers Facebook pages on Ilokano food and urban/container gardening, and pets a rooster, a hen, and three cats.
