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Jazra Khaleed

  • ΡΕΦΡΑΙΝ | Translations: deensrhtarsqes
  • ΚΑΠΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΘΗΝΑ | Translations: deensrhtjaesga
  • EMMHNA | Translations: desr
  • HOME, SWEET HOME | Translations: desr
  • ΜΗ ΛΥΠΗΘΕΙΤΕ ΤΗΝ ΕΙΡΗΝΗ | Translations: de
  • ΜΑΥΡΑ ΧΕΙΛΗ | Translations: deen
  • WÖRTER | Translations: deenares
  • ΓΑΜΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΗ | Translations: de
  • ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ | Translations: desren
  • ΝΕΚΡΗ ΦΥΣΗ | Translations: deenares
  • ΑΥΤΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ | Translations: deenet
  • ΝΟΥΚΛΕΟΤΙΔΙΑ | Translations: de
  • ΑΠΑΓΟΡΕΥΣΗ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΙΑΣ | Translations: deenesar
  • Ο ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΟΙΗΤΗ ΓΙΑΖΡΑ ΧΑΛΕΝΤ | Translations: deesga
Language: greek
german (REFRAIN) , english (REFRAIN) , serbian (REFREN) , haitian (REFREN) , arabic (اللازمة الشعرية) , albanian (REFREN) , spanish (REFRÁN)

ΡΕΦΡΑΙΝ

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Με λένε Γ-Ι-Α-Ζ-Ρ-Α
Γεννήθηκα στης Δύσης το σκοτάδι
Λαθραίος μένω σε πείσμα αριστερών
Όμορφα περνά το βράδυ
Τσακίζοντας κεφάλια φασιστών

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© Jazra Khaleed
Audio production: Literaturwerkstatt Berlin 2010
 

Translations:

Language: german

REFRAIN

Ich heiße J-A-Z-R-A
bin geboren im finstren Abendland
nenn mich Illegaler den Linken zum Trotz
gemütlich verbring ich den Abend
Faschistenschädel spaltend.

Übertragen von Michaela Prinzinger
Language: english

REFRAIN

My name is J-A-Z-R-A
Here I’m illegal, in spite of the Left
I was born in the dusk of the West
And this evening is just splendid
For smashing fascist heads

Translated by Sarah McCann
Language: serbian

REFREN

Zovem se J-A-Z-R-A
Rodio sam se u tami Zapada      
Živim kao ilegalac u inat levičarima
Provodim prijatno veče
Razbijajući glave fašistima

Prevod: Vladimir Bošković/ Agon, Broj 11, Nov-Dec 2010
Language: haitian

REFREN

Non mwen se J-A-Z-R-A
Mwen fèt nan fè nwa Loksidan
Mwen menm ilegal isit la malgre Lagoch
Ala yon bèl sware
pou kraze tèt makout

Translated by Roger Celestin
Language: arabic

اللازمة الشعرية


اسمي ج - ز- ر - ة
أنا هنا بشكل غير شرعيٍّ ,رغم أنف اليساريين
وُلدتُ في عتمة الغرب
و يا لها من أمسيةٍ ملائِمةٍ
لتحطيم رؤوس الفاشيين

translated by Mohammed Kadalah and Peter Constantine
Language: albanian

REFREN

Emnin e kam J-A-Z-R-A
Këtu jam ilegal, përkundër të Majtes
U linda në muzgun e Perëndimit
Dhe kjo mbramje asht bash për mrekulli
me dërrmu koka fashiste

Përkthye nga Ragip Luta
Language: spanish

REFRÁN

Me llamo J-A-Z-R-A
Nací en el ocaso de occidente
Clandestino permanezco pese a la izquierda
Y hermosa transcurre la noche
destrozando cabezas fascistas

Traducción: Adriana Alcina Gomez
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Jazra Khaleed

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* 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).

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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.

Publications
  • Bin ohne Menschen

    Berlin: Hochroth Verlag/ Poesiefestival Berlin, 2010:

  • Jazra Grosny

    Berlin: Verlag Distillery, 2013

  • VERSENSPORN - Jazra Khaleed

    Heft für lyrische Reize

    Nr. 21

    Jena: Poesie schmeckt gut e.V., 2015

Prizes
  • 2014 SOUNDOUT! Award for New Ways of Presenting Literature, Berlin

  • 2014 Best Film for Tolerance Award for the short film “The Aegean or the Anus of Death”, Zebra Poetry Film Festival, Berlin

  • 2014 International Competition Award for the short film “The Aegean or the Anus of Death”, Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinema, Paris

  • 2014 Jury Special Mention for the short film “The Aegean or the Anus of Death”, Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival, Sarajevo

Links
  • Official blog

    Website (gr)
  • "Smashing Fascist Heads"

    Interview to The Los Angeles Review of Books

    Website (en)
  • “The War is Coming” by Jazra Khaleed

    Website (en)

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