[Min far sa]

[Min far sa]

Min far sa: Din bror rakade sig innan skägget börjat växa

Din bror såg terroristens ansikte i spegeln

och önskade sig en plattång i julklapp

 

Min bror sa: Någon gång vill jag dö i ett land

där människor kan uttala mitt namn

 

[My father said]

 

My father said: Your brother shaved before his beard started to grow

Your brother saw the terrorist’s face in the mirror

and wanted a flat iron for Christmas

 

My brother said: Some day I want to die in a country

where people can pronounce my name

 

 

Translation: Jennifer Hayashida

 

[Mon père disait]

 

 

Mon père disait: Ton frère se rasait avant que sa barbe commence à pousser

Ton frère a vu le visage d’un terroriste dans le miroir

et a voulu un lisseur pour Noël

 

Mon frère disait: Un jour j’aimerais mourir dans un pays

où les habitants arrivent à prononcer mon nom

 

[Mijn vader zei]

 

Mijn vader zei: Je broer scheerde zich al voor hij baardgroei had

Je broer zag het hoofd van de terrorist in de spiegel

en wilde een krultang voor Kerstmis 

 

Mijn broer zei: Ooit wil ik sterven in een land

waar ze mijn naam kunnen uitspreken

 

 

Vertaling: Hendrik Valmolkot

 

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