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Should we pay the bill, for all we’ve
Done in this life?
Why do our tear-filled eyes
Meet with no sympathy, from other eyes?
 
Should I, without greed, 
Face certain death
And must I compromise to find freedom?
Is it only fortune-telling 
That brings me peace?
 
Will I live
With inexpressible pain hidden 
In the deepest recesses of my heart
While I put on a show of happiness?
 
Will I always endure humiliation – 
At the final moment
Let go of the hand of pain                                         
Amid the sounds of dawn's raindrops, let the earth’s breeze
Close my eyes?
 
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Бид, өнөөдрийн амьдралынхаа төлөө тэмцэж
Тооцоо хийж, эсвэл ялагдалын зүг
Тэргүүнээ бөхийлгөн нулимстай явахад 
тэр олон нүднүүд өрөвдөн харах уу

Би, атгаг шунахайгүйн дунд нуугдаж чадсан учир
Тоос тортоггүйн дунд үхэх минь эргэлзээгүй
Эсвэл, бүхэнтэй эвлэрч байж эрх чөлөөгөө олж 
Мэргэ төлөг дундаас амгалан амьдралыг хайх уу

Би, дотоод сэтгэлийнхээ 
Тэртээх гүнд амьдарч 
Нууцхан шаналалаа илэрхийлж чадалгүй
Баяр баясгалантай мэт царайлах уу
Би, доромжлолыг үүрд тэсч тэвчих үү

Би, сүүлчийнхээ мөчид
Зовлонт гараа дэлгээд
Үүрээр дуслах борооны чимээнд
Эх газрын зөөлөн салхин дунд жижигхэн нүдээ аних уу

 


 
The English translation of these poems is by aw, 
in cooperation with the poet.

 
Hadaa Sendoo is a prize–winning Mongolian poet who has lived in Ulaanbaatar since 1991. His poetry is influenced by the Mongolian epic and western modernist poetry, but it has also an oriental flavor.
His poems have been translated into more than 30 languages and have been widely published in Europe, Asia, North America, and Latin America. Hadaa Sendoo has won the Poet of the Millennium Award (India), the Pinnacle of Achievement Award for poetry (USA). the Nosside Prize for poetry (Italy), and the Visionary Poet Award (Canada). Hadaa Sendoo has received the Mongolian Writers Union prize. He is founder and leading figure of the World Poetry Almanac.

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