Tarik Hamdan reads his poem ‘once I was a Sperm’ in Arabic. See the film below!
Tarik is one of the writers performing at the Read My World Festival this summer.
Tarik Hamdan reads his poem ‘once I was a Sperm’ in Arabic. See the film below!
Tarik is one of the writers performing at the Read My World Festival this summer.
English below
Tjitske Mussche is radiomaker en schrijvend journalist en leest voor Read My World ‘De dag dat ik een spermacel was‘ voor, van Tarik Hamdan.
The editorial staff makes itself heard #2: Tjitske Mussche
Tjitske Mussche, radio producer and writing journalist, reads (in Dutch) ‘Once when I was a Sperm’, a poem by Tarik Hamdan. Click on the poem’s title for the English version.
I was the strongest
The fastest
One day..
I overcame an army of my brothers
Not even a IUD could stop me
One day, I thought it was worth it
But didn’t know
That a God’s path
Is full of thorns and dynamites
And eclampsias.
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Ik was de sterkste
de snelste
die dag.
Zo versloeg ik een leger van broeders
kon zelfs het spiraaltje mij niet stoppen
Die dag, waarop ik dacht dat het de moeite was
maar niet wist
dat God’s pad
bezaaid is met distels en dynamiet
en kramp
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