Mutonan kau, Johnny, au sekau kau!

Nâko: Monica Manolachi

In naniu ma in a-nmeûsín,
Nkios in aone nâbau ma nmeos
Nmuî oe onlê ulan es nae he nfaes
Aptais nenô sini ma pake fai sini.

In aon-pasun. In mutî aî ‘kotô?
In matne nâbíl ma nsiap he nkios.
Kolo-es a-nfin nan in neöp nèk malinat.
In natnína mtaus ahenut ma feü es. 

In nâmaet keran ma nait handuk
Nnoes nain nú lê naheun in human.
Ka nmuî fa ‘ninô he ntae Johnny in masan…
Ala in hanan es matninâ onlê huruf vokal. 

Yohanes Manhitu es natlakab nâko versi asli
"Tell me, Johnny, who I am!"
Yogyakarta, 3 Funnuâ 2005

Sumber: http://english.agonia.net/index.php/poetry/83429/Tell_me,_Johnny,_who_I_am!