Your Name

Ridxí ne huaxhinni, lá lu'. Siadó', huadxí, lu gueela', nisi lá lu' riree xieque ndaani' bichuga íque' sica tuuxa zeguyoo runi biniti guendabiaani', nisi lá lu' riree chuuchi lu ludxe' sica benda ndaani' ná' ti guuze'. Guindisa' ti gui'chi', lá lu'. Cuaque' ti xiixa, lá lu'. Gabati' nalu' nuaa' cadi daabi guichi lá lu' íque […]

I Woke With Your Name

Bibaneniá' lalu' naga' ndaani' yanne'. Pa niní' ca naya' ni gunié'xcaanda' ñuuyapiá' nusabalú diuxi. Bandaa cayuni xhiiña' lu gueela' sica ti gubaana' biziidichaahui'. Ne lu bi za'bi' guendaruyadxí bana' xtinne' naaze nanda guidiruaa. Gasti' nou' qui runebia'ya' ndaani' yoo ra nuaa' ne zacá ladxiduá' cayacaditi sica ti xcuidi guladxi bi'cu'. Rahuayaa bicuininá' xquendabiaane' ti guibani […]

I Know Your Body

Guidúbilu' runebia'ya', guidúbinaca peou'. Pa ñácalu' ti guidxi ratiicasi ninabadiidxa' cabe náa naa nulué' pa neza riaana ní. Riuuládxepea' guidúbilu', riuuladxe' guuya' guiní'lu', guxídxilu', guzeque yannilu'. Dxiña yaga guiropa' dani zuguaa ndí' xtilu', ra guyaa' dxiqué rigucaa' ruaa bidó'. Ñacaladxe' rua' ñuá' ne niree ndaani' guixhidó' xtilu', ni guya' dxiiña' guiluxe guendanabani ndaani'. Biza'naadxi' bido' […]

Moon

Cá. Sica ti degande biasa íque dé, cá. Gatigá ti lari quichi’ ziuula’ ridi’di’ lu, ricahui, sícape’ naa, dxi runite’ lii.  Nanda. Riluí’ cuba niidxi gúcagasi, nanda. Chii gayuaa luxu xpiaani’ ruxhii guendanaga’nda’ guidxilayú, riluípe’ naa, dxi ruuya’ lii.

Frog

Cachesa, cachesa ti bidxi' ludoo ti bidxi' ruaangola ti bidxi' nambó'  Latá', lataguuya' lataguuya oh, ti bidxi' luyaandi cachese ludoo.

Victor Terán

Víctor Terán is the most personal poet of the Zapotec Isthmus of Oaxaca, México. He was born in Juchitán de Zaragoza in 1958. His work has been published extensively in magazines and anthologies throughout Mexico. Since 2000, he has also appeared in anthologies in Italy and the United States (Reversible Monuments, Copper Canyon: 2002; Words […]

Víctor de la Cruz

Víctor de la Cruz (1948-2015) was an Oaxacan poet from Juchitán, a hub of Isthmus Zapotec art and culture on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. He compiled what is perhaps the most important anthology of Zapotec literature, The Flower of the Word. He earned a doctorate in Mesoamerican Studies, and his books of poetry include First […]