Njaalkeme
Lastemååjegeh jeenjesh sjidteme Njaalkeme stuerebe enn åvtesne Moereh aajngesem steerieh, jaamah jïh gahtjah Almetje goh snöölhke mah tjelmehts sjidteme Njaalkemem lea dïhte maam manne damtam Njaalkeme bijre jarkan Hunger (Njaalkeme) Lövmaskarna har blivit många Hungern, större nu än någonsin Träden håller andan, dör och faller Människan är som en varg som mistat synen Hunger är det enda som jag känner Hunger överallt
Njaalkeme/Hunger
There are so many caterpillers Hunger, greater now than ever The trees hold their breath, die and fall Man is like a blinded wolf Hunger is all I feel Hunger everywhere. A poem written in south-saami, one of the languages spoken by the Saami-people in the northern parts of Scandinavia and Russia. It is written by Cecilia Persson, a south-saami actress and friend of ours, and is inspired by an actual event, where leaf-eating grubs turned a whole river valley into a complete wasteland. Ironically, the valley was to be devastated a few months later anyway, by the building of a enormous dam. It's as if nature herself felt what was going to happen and decided to take things into her own hands.