Featured Poems
Everything
written by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
translated by Sarah Maguire
Let the wind blow from a fisherman's mouth,
from the span of a sail to the shell of a boat,
كلُّ شَيْءْ
إطلق الرّيحَ من فَمِ الصيَّادِ
إلى هيكلِ المُرْكَبِ ، من عُمْقِ الشراعِ
Self-misunderstood
written by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'
translated by W N Herbert
I can't understand you, curious self,
nor grasp how you're both life and death,
Garaad-daran
Garaad-daran naftaydaay!
Geeri iyo nololeey!
Birds
written by Kajal Ahmad
translated by Mimi Khalvati
According to the latest classification, Kurds
now belong to a species of bird
Welcome
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News
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07/09/2008
World Poets' Tour 2008
Following the extraordinary success of the first World Poets’ Tour in 2005, the Poetry Translation Centre has organised its second World Poets’ Tour which begins on Sunday 7th September at the Bristol Poetry Festival.
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07/09/2008
Poetry in Translation - W. N. Herbert and Sarah Maguire at the Bristol Poetry Festival
To kick of our 2008 World Poets' Tour, W N Herbert and Sarah Maguire will be appearing at the Bristol Poetry Festival on Sunday 7th September to talk about their experiences of translating the works of Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac ('Gaarriye').
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11/06/2008
Workshop on Tajik Poetry: Farzaneh Khojandi, 11th June
For the third in our series of workshops concerning our upcoming World Poets' Tour, we were joined by Jo Shapcott and Narguess Farzad for a fascinating discussion about their translations of poems by Farzaneh Khojandi from Tajikistan.
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