Jazra Khaleed

ΚΑΠΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΘΗΝΑ

Language: greek

Translations: german (IRGENDWO IN ATHEN), english (SOMEWHERE IN ATHENS), serbian (NEGDE U ATINI), haitian (YON KOTE NAN ATÉN), japanese (アテネのどこかで), spanish (EN ALGÚN LUGAR DE ATENAS), irish (ÁIT ÉIGIN SAN AITHIN)

ΚΑΠΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΘΗΝΑ

Κάπου στην Αθήνα ο Δεκέμβρης έχει έξι
Το παιδί θα σκοτώσει τον μπάτσο πριν να φέξει
Κάπου στην Αθήνα ο Δεκέμβρης έχει επτά
Στη Σταδίου οι τράπεζες καίγονται στη σειρά
Κάπου στην Αθήνα ο Δεκέμβρης έχει οχτώ
Στα ερείπια της Βουλής ας στήσουμε χορό
Κάπου στην Αθήνα ο Δεκέμβρης έχει εννιά
Οι ποιητές στους δρόμους υμνούνε τη φωτιά
Κάπου στην Αθήνα ο Δεκέμβρης έχει καμιά
Οι αντάρτες σπάσαν τα ρολόγια στα καμπαναριά

Translations:

Language: german

IRGENDWO IN ATHEN

Irgendwo in Athen am 6. Dezember
Tötet das Kind den Polizisten vor Sonnenaufgang
Irgendwo in Athen am 7. Dezember
Brennen die Banken auf den Strassen,
Irgendwo in Athen am 8. Dezember
Lass uns auf den Trümmern des Parlaments tanzen
Irgendwo in Athen am 9. Dezember
Preisen die Dichter die Feuer in den Strassen
Irgendwo in Athen am 0. Dezember
Sprengen die Rebellen die Glocken des Glockenturmes

Language: english

SOMEWHERE IN ATHENS

Somewhere in Athens December the Sixth
The kid will kill the cop before sunup
Somewhere in Athens December the Seventh
On the streets the banks are burnt one by one
Somewhere in Athens December the Eighth
Let’s cut a rug in Parliament’s rubble
Somewhere in Athens December the Ninth
The poets in the streets eulogize fires
Somewhere in Athens December the Naught
Because the rebels shot the bell-tower clocks

Language: serbian

NEGDE U ATINI

Negde u Atini je decembar šesti
Dete će ubiti policajca pre svitanja
Negde u Atini je decembar sedmi
U ulici Stadiju gore banke redom
Negde u Atini je decembar osmi
Hajde da zaigramo na ruševinama Parlamenta
Negde u Atini je decembar deveti
Pesnici na ulicama pevaju himne vatri
Negde u Atini je decembar nulti
Pobunjenici su razbili satove na zvonicima

Language: haitian

YON KOTE NAN ATÉN

Yon kote nan Atèn 6 Desanm
Yon timoun ap touye you lapolis anvan solèy leve
Yon kote nan Atèn 7 Desanm
Bank ape boule nan lari youn apre lot
Yon kote nan Atèn 8 Desanm
Ann danse sou paleman ki fin kraze
Yon kote nan Atèn 9 Desanm
powèt nan lari ape selebre dife
Yon kote nan Atèn zewo Desanm
Rebèl yo pete fyèl klòch legliz lan

Language: japanese

アテネのどこかで

１２月６日アテネのどこかで少年は日の出前に警官を殺すつもりだ。
１２月７日アテネのどこかで町の銀行が一つずつ燃やされていった。
１２月８日アテネのどこかで私たちは瓦礫と化した国会のそばを通っていった。
１２月９日アテネのどこかで街の詩人はその火事について悲しい詩を歌った。
１２月０日アテネのどこかで反逆者達は時計台のベルを撃った。

Language: spanish

EN ALGÚN LUGAR DE ATENAS

En algún lugar de Atenas en diciembre el día seis
El niño matará al policía antes del amanecer
En algún lugar de Atenas en diciembre el día siete
En la calle se van quemando los bancos uno a uno
En algún lugar de Atenas en diciembre el día ocho
En los escombros del parlamento montaremos una fiesta
En algún lugar de Atenas en diciembre el día nueve
Los poetas en las calles elogian los fuegos
En algún lugar de Atenas en diciembre el día cero
Los rebeldes destrozaron los relojes de los campanarios

Language: irish

ÁIT ÉIGIN SAN AITHIN

Áit éigin san Aithin an séú lá de Nollaig
Maróidh an páiste an póilín roimh éirí na gréine
Áit éigin san Aithin an seachtú lá de Nollaig
Ar na sráideanna dóistear na bainc ceann ar cheann
Áit éigin san Aithin an t-ochtú lá de Nollaig
Bheimis ag damhsa i smionagar na parlaiminte
Áit éigin san Aithin an naoú de Nollaig
Ar na sráideanna bíonn na filí ag moladh na dtinte
Áit éigin san Aithin an náid lá de Nollaig
Mar scoail na ceannaircigh cloig na gcloigthithe

Jazra Khaleed

* 21.05.1979, Grozny, Russia
lives in: Athens, Greece

Jazra Khaleed (b. 1979 in Grosny, Chechnya) lives in Athens, writes exclusively in Greek, and is known as a poet, editor, translator and filmmaker. His works are protests against the injustices in contemporary Greece and the surge of rascism, dealing with the impoverishment of life in Greece, the anti-fascist struggle, and the difficult and desperate lives of migrants from Africa and the Middle and Near East in Athens.

His poems have been widely translated for publications in Europe, the US, Australia and Japan, such as World Literature Today, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Guardian, Modern Poetry in Translation, Westerly, Poetry International, Glänta, Die Horen and Sintel. A selection of his poems is included in the anthology Austerity Measures (Penguin, 2016; NYRB, 2017).

His performances have been described as “possessing the kind of energy that pervades the riots on the streets of Athens” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), “explosive” (Berliner Zeitung) and “wild, energetic and forceful” (junge Welt).

Since 2008, he edits the literary magazine Teflon, in which he publishes his own poems, translations and essays. Among others, he has translated poems by Amiri Baraka, Elfriede Jelinek, Etel Adnan, Bert Papenfuß, Keston Sutherland, Lionel Fogarty, Barbara Köhler and Ann Cotten, and has written essays on the most varied topics, including the poetry of the Aborigines, the avant-garde poetry of East Germany, the contemporary Arab poetry and the poetics of hip hop.

In 2014 he co-wrote the script and co-produced the short film “The Aegean or the Anus of Death” that is based on his self-titled poem. The film was selected and awarded by distinguished international film festivals across the world. His newest short film “Gone Is Syria, Gone” (2016) has been selected for numerous international festivals.

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