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), chinese (雅典某处)

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

Language: chinese

雅典某处

十二月六日在雅典某处

年轻人将在日出前干掉警察

十二月七日在雅典某处

街上的银行被付诸一炬

十二月八日在雅典某处

让我们在议会碎砾上狂舞

十二月九日在雅典某处

诗人在街上向烈火吟唱圣诗

时间消亡在十二月在雅典某处

叛乱者砸毁了钟塔的时钟

Jazra Khaleed

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

Jazra Khaleed (pen name) is a poet, filmmaker, performer and translator. He lives in Athens and writes exclusively in Greek. His works are an indictment of fascism, social injustice, police brutality, and racism in contemporary Greece.

His most recent publications are Requiem für Homs (parasitenpresse, Germany, 2022), Requiem pour Homs et autres poèmes (Marges en Pages, France, 2022), The Light That Burns Us (World Poetry Books, USA, 2021) and μα είν' αυτό ποίηση; (Teflon Books, Greece, 2020). His poems have been widely translated for publications in Europe, the US, Australia, and Asia, and have appeared in The Guardian, The Los Angeles Review of Books, World Literature Today, Lichtungen, Modern Poetry in Translation, Glänta, Die Horen and other publications.

According to The Los Angeles Review of Books, “[Jazra Khaleed] stands up to fascism by writing and performing Greek-language poetry that is unmatched in technical bravura, emotional depth, and political urgency". 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).

He has won the Soundout! Award for New Ways of Presenting Literature (Germany) and the Crystal Vilenica Prize (Slovenia) and has been awarded residences and fellowships from the Federal Chancellery of Austria, the Kone Foundation (Finland), the Robert Bosch Stiftung (Germany), the International Writer’s House Graz (Austria), the Syros International Film Festival (Greece) and Centrale Fies (Italy).

As a founding editor of the Athens-based poetry magazine Teflon, and particularly through his own translations published there, he has introduced to a Greek readership the works of Amiri Baraka, Keston Sutherland, Etel Adnan, Bert Papenfuß, Safia Elhillo, Ann Cotten, Lionel Fogarty, Audre Lorde, Ghayath Almadhoun among many other American, British, Australian, Arab and German-language political and experimental poets.

His short films have been screened at festivals such as the Ann Arbor Film Festival (USA), Experiments in Cinema (USA), Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (Switzerland), Kasseler Dokfest (Germany), Biennial de la Imagen en Movimiento (Argentina), Entrevues Belfort (France), L’Alternativa (Spain), Cooler Lumpur Festival (Malaysia) among others. The film rendition of his poem about the immigrant situation, “The Aegean or the Anus of Death,” won prizes at the Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinema, the Zebra Poetry Film Festival, and the Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival.

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