Sonja Nic Rafferty
Wake me up in Scotland!
Others still have got a suitcase in Berlin*
And I left an alarm clock in Scotland
That definitely drives me up the wall
Because it rings where my torn heart is
But I live on the other side of the ocean
Yet I try to spot a positive point of view
Dark blue it shines in the colour of Scotland
Why I forgot the clock I do not know
Also I have no clue where this happened
Anywhere in a Highland Student Hotel
Possibly in the Athens Of The North remains speculation
There are many coincidences in life which actually are none
Perhaps I wanted an alarm clock in Caledonia
A connecting link that wakes me up before everything is too late
Often enough in the act of research missing the connection
Often enough in the act of research missing the connection
Am I a Scottish sprout and always should be on my guard
Vigilantly I travelled all over my ancestors’ land
Eyes and ears prepared to grasp everything like never before
A Scottish-Indian student searched for traces too
Travelled there from Canada and will study Gaelic
I want to be 20 again and go along with that
But even for autodidacts I know enough subjects
I’ll simply study life generally and over and above that
In particular my OH-IF-I-ONLY-COULD-BE-THERE-LAND
Gratitude for eight days in Scotland I like to express
Yet after the tour longing hurts following a tried and tested method
I still have got an alarm clock in Scotland and hope
That it always will stop me from a stupor
Its alarm signal sending across the seas
Idleness and laziless never assume power
For I want to stay to carry on with my research
That is taught at no university so it’s unknown
For I want to stay to carry on with my research
That is taught at no university so it’s unknown
I just call it MY-WHERE-DO-I-COME-FROM
In case I find it out I will finally have an idea
Where I can go in my second half of life
* “I still have got a suitcase in Berlin” is a famous old German song.
I wrote this poem first in my original language German.
© Sonja Nic Rafferty March 29th, 2005
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