Poetry Translation Centre

The original version of this poem is written in Kurdish. The literal translation of this poem was made by Choman Hardi. The final translated version of the poem is by Mimi Khalvati.

Another poem by Kajal Ahmad that we have helped to translate is The Letter.

You can find out more about the translation process on this website. You can also add your own comments on this poem here.

There are details available about Five poets reading at Lancaster Litfest, another one of our events that Kajal Ahmad was involved in.