Niyi Osundare

SOME DAYS

1 INVOCATIONS OF THE WORD | Traduções : de
2 SOME DAYS | Traduções : de
3 BERLIN 1884/5 | Traduções : de
4 DEEP GREEN | Traduções : de
5 THE LEADER AND THE LED | Traduções : de
6 ALUPAYIDA* | Traduções : de
7 IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE | Traduções : de

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Traduções : alemão (MANCHE TAGE )

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SOME DAYS
(to Akawu)

Some days know
the secret leaning of the heart

their auricles are acres of clay
watered by the kindest dew

their music the beat of every pulse
smiles grow in the garden of their lips

there is grace in their greeting
bliss in their blessing

a merciful moon sits
in the center of their night

their hours ripen
in the shadows of a generous sun

when they pass
houses throw open their doors

flowers drape them
in their rarest fragrance

for them tenderness is no treason
compassion is no constraint

some days
are not allergic to softness

some days
are not afraid of being human

© Niyi Osundare
Extraído de: Days
Ibadan, Nigeria: HEBN Publishers, 2007
Produção de áudio: Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, 2016

Traduções :

língua: alemão

MANCHE TAGE
(für Akawu)

Manche Tage kennen
den geheimen Hang des Herzens

ihre Ohrmuscheln sind Felder aus Lehm
vom freundlichsten Tau bewässert

ihre Musik ist der Takt jeden Pulsschlags
im Garten ihrer Lippen wächst das Lächeln

ihr Gruß ist voller Anmut
Seligkeit in ihrem Segen

ein gnadenreicher Mond sitzt
inmitten ihrer Nacht

ihre Stunden reifen
im Schatten einer freigiebigen Sonne

wo sie vorübergehen
reißen Häuser ihre Türen auf

Blumen hüllen sie
in ihren seltensten Düfte

Zärtlichkeit ist ihnen kein Verrat
Mitleid kein Hemmnis

manche Tage
sind ohne Allergie gegen das Sanfte

manche Tage
fürchten sich nicht menschlich zu sein

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Niyi Osundare

* 12.03.1947, Ikere-Ekiti, Nigéria
vive em: New Orleans, USA + Ibadan, Nigéria

Niyi Osundare (born in Ikere-Ekiti, Nigeria, in 1947) is an essayist, writer for the theatre, lecturer and one of Nigeria's most celebrated poet. He has published 18 volumes of poetry, several plays, essays, articles and criticism. Previously a professor at the English Institute of the University of Ibadan, he is currently Distinguished Professor of English at the University of New Orleans.

His poetry combines concepts and traditions of the Yoruba culture with Marxist approaches. He uses mythological concepts to underline his struggle against social injustice and inhumanity.
Niyi Osundare’s prizes include the 1991 Noma Award, the 1998 Fonlon-Nichols Award and the 2008 Tchicaya U Tam’si Award for African Poetry, one of Africa’s most prestigious poetry prizes. In 2014 he received the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award, Nigeria’s highest distinction for outstanding creative and intellectual achievement.