Antjie Krog

grond

Idioma: afrikaans

Traducciones: inglés (land), alemán (Land), italiano (terra), francés (terre )

grond

onder bevele van my voorgeslagte was jy besit
had ek taal kon ek skryf want jy was grond my grond

maar my wou jy nooit
hoe ek ookal strek om my neer te lê
in ruisende blou bloekoms
in bees wat horings sak in Diepvlei
rimpelend drink die trillende keelvel
in tafsytossels in leksels gom
in doringbome afgegly na die leegtes

mý wou jy nooit
my verduur kon jy nooit
keer op keer skud jy my af
rol jy my uit
grond, ek word langsaam naamloos in die mond

nou word geveeg om jou
beding verdeel verkamp verkoop versteel verpand
ek wil ondergronds gaan met jou grond
grond wat my nie wou hê nie
grond wat nooit aan my behoort het nie

grond wat ek vergeefser as vroeër liefhet

Traducciones:

Idioma: inglés

land

under orders from my ancestors you were occupied
had I language I could write for you were land my land

but me you never wanted
no matter how I stretched to lie down
in rustling blue gums
in cattle lowering horns into Diepvlei (Deepbrook)
rippling the quivering jowls drink
in silky tassels in dripping gum
in thorn trees that have slid down into emptiness

me you never wanted
me you could never endure
time and again you shook me off
you rolled me out
land, slowly I became nameless in my mouth

now you are fought over
negotiated divided paddocked sold stolen mortgaged
I want to go underground with you land
land that would not have me
land that never belonged to me

land that I love more fruitlessly than before

Idioma: alemán

Land

Auf Befehl meiner Vorfahren wurdest du besetzt
hätte ich Sprache könnte ich schreiben denn du wärst Land mein Land

aber mich wolltest du nie
wie sehr ich mich auch streckte um zu liegen
im rauschend blauen Eukalyptus
beim Vieh das seine Hörner senkt in Becken voller Wasser
in winzigen Wellen plätschernd die zitternden Wangen trinken
in seidigen Quasten im tropfendem Harz
in Dornenbäumen die hinab ins Leere glitten

mich wolltest du nie
mich konntest du niemals ertragen
ein übers andre Mal hast du mich abgeschüttelt
hast du mich raus gerollt
Land, langsam wurd’ ich namenlos in meinem Mund

Jetzt wird um dich gekämpft
verhandelt geteilt abgeweidet verkauft gestohlen verpfändet
in den Untergrund will ich mit dir gehn Land
Land das mich nicht haben wollte
Land das mir nie gehörte

Land das ich fruchtloser liebe denn je

Idioma: italiano

terra

per ordine dei miei antenati tu fosti occupata
se io avessi una lingua potrei scrivere per te, fosse la terra mia terra

ma me, tu non mi hai mai voluta
per quanto mi stendessi contro di te
nello stormire degli eucalipti
nelle mandrie che abbassavano le corna nel Diepvlei
bagnando a grandi sorsate le mascelle riarse
in pendule foglie di seta  in gocce di resina
in  alberi spinosi che sono svaniti nel vuoto

me, tu non mi hai mai voluta
me, tu non mi hai mai sopportata
più e più volte mi hai scosso di dosso
mi hai fatto rotolare via,
terra, a poco a poco sono diventata senza nome in bocca

ora lottano per possederti
per te negoziano dividono recintano vendono ipotecano rubano
voglio andare sotterra con te, terra
terra che non mi hai voluta
terra che non mi sei mai appartenuta
terra che io amo più vanamente di prima

Idioma: francés

terre

sur ordre des mes ancêtres tu etais occupée
si j’avais une langue je pourrais écrire car tu es terre ma terre

mais tu n’as jamais voulu de moi
même si je me fonds toute entière
dans les bleus eucalyptus bruissants
dans le bétail qui incline ses cornes sur l’étang de Diepvlei
leurs fanons frissonnent ondulent quand ils boivent
je me fonds dans les grappes les coulées de résine
les acacias qui se glissent dans les creux

moi tu ne m’as jamais voulue
tu ne m’as jamais supportée
coup sur coup tu me repousses
tu me roules
terre, mon nom se perd lentement dans ta bouche
maintenant on se bat pour toi
marchandée morcelée combattue clôturée vendue volée
je veux me faire souterraine avec toi ma terre
terre qui ne veut pas de moi
terrr qui n’a jamais été à moi

terre toujours plus en vain je t’aime

Antjie Krog

* 23.10.1952, Kroonstad, Sudáfrica
Vive en: Cape Town, Sudáfrica

Anna Elizabeth (Antjie) Krog was born in 1952 into a family of authors - her mother is the famous Afrikaans writer Dot Serfontein - and made her debut as an Afrikaans poet while still in school, when in 1970 at the age of 18, her first volume of poetry, Dogter van Jefta was published. In 1972 her second volume, Januarie-suite, was published, and in 1973 it received the Eugène Marais Award. She completed a BA Degree and an Honors Degree in English (1973) at the University of the Free State and in 1976, she completed an MA Degree in Afrikaans at the University of Pretoria.

Her volume of poetry Jerusalemgangers was awarded the Rapport Prize in 1987, and in 1990 she received the Hertzog Prize for poetry for her volume Lady Anne.

In 1993 she was appointed at the magazine Die Suid-Afrikaan, and in 1995 she started working as a political reporter for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Antjie reported on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s hearings from 1996 to 1998. She chronicled her experiences regarding this process in the non-fiction book for which she is best known - Country of My Skull. The book is an intersectional, interdisciplinary analysis of the Commission's potential and realized effects on post-Apartheid South Africa; an amalgamation of journalism, prose, personal narrative, and poetry. The book was published in 1998 by Random House SA. Initially written in Afrikaans, the book has now been published in various countries. It was later made into a film, entitled In My Country, starring Juliette Binoche and Samuel L. Jackson. The book received, amongst others, the Alan Paton Award for non-fiction and the Olive Schreiner Prize.

Antjie Krog’s only stage play, Waarom is die wat voor toyi-toyi altyd so vet?, was performed in 1999 under the direction of Marthinus Basson and ’n Ander tongval was adapted for the stage by Saartjie Botha and starred Antoinette Kellerman and Nina Swart.

Down to My Last Skin, her first collection of poetry in English (published by Random House SA in 2000, as was A Change of Tongue, three years later) won the inaugural 2000 FNB Vita Poetry Award. For her journalistic work Krog has received the Pringle Award as well as the Foreign Correspondent Award and was honoured by the Hiroshima Peace Foundation. She has also been the recipient of the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award. Kleur kom nooit alleen nie was awarded the first RAU (now University of Johannesburg) Prize for creative writing in 2001.

Her volume Met woorde soos met kerse in which her Afrikaans translations and adaptations of South African indigenous language poems (including the San languages) are contained, was awarded first place in the South African Translators Institute’s Competition (held every three years) in 2003. In 2004, her volume of poetry Die sterre sê ‘tsau’ was published by Kwela Books and subsequently shortlisted for the 2005 M-Net Poetry Prize.

She has been an extraordinary Professor of Literature and Philosophy at the University of the Western Cape since 2004. Her translation of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, into Afrikaans, entitled, Lang pad na vryheid, was published in 2000.

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