Ketty Nivyabandi

Hope

Poemas

• 1 Remembering Burundi | Traducciones: de
• 2 La marche aux urnes | Traducciones: de
• 3 Chants de bronze | Traducciones: de
• 4 Les petits hommes | Traducciones: de
• 5 Hope | Traducciones: de
• 6 Indepa | Traducciones: en
• 7 Morning symphonies
• 8 Je me souviens de toi
• 9 Petit garçon
• 10 Trois
• 11 Of Love

Idioma: inglés

Traducciones: alemán (Hoffnung)

Hope

The old butterfly flaps its slender wings through the smoky air
exhausted and breathless
he flies over the ashy battlefields 
and lays his powdery, golden trail 
on the wailing grounds

he dives into the grey, dry seas
now a swirl of buttery yellows
deep, deep blues
orange blossoms and peels

he breathes in all the unborn flowers
and he lives. 

Traducciones:

Idioma: alemán

Hoffnung

Der alte Schmetterling flattert mit seinen zarten Flügeln durch rauchige
             Luft
erschöpft und atemlos
fliegt er über Schlachtfelder voller Asche
bestäubt die klagende Erde
mit seiner goldenen Spur

er taucht in graue, trockene Meere
jetzt buttergelber Wirbel
tief dunkelblau
orangefarben die Blüten und Schalen

er haucht den ungeborenen Blumen Atem ein
und lebt.

Ketty Nivyabandi

Foto © Chris Schwagga

* 19.07.1978, Uccle, Bélgica
Vive en: Ottawa, Canadá

Ketty Nivyabandi, born in 1978 is a Burundian poet and essayist. Her poetry, written mostly in French and English has appeared online and in several anthologies. Ketty Nivyabandi is popularly known for her significant role in political activism in Burundi when in 2015 the country’s president sparked unrest by illegally bidding for a third term in office. She led women-only protests and demonstrations in the capital of Bujumbura, which were brutally suppressed. She represented Burundi in 2012 in the London Poetry Parnassus as part of the Summer Olympics. Her poetry explores social themes such as humanity in face of the horror of war, love and femininity.

Foto © Chris Schwagga

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