My Voice

My Voice

I come from a distant land
with a foreign knapsack on my back
with a silenced song on my lips
 
As I travelled down the river of my life
I saw my voice
(like Jonah)
swallowed by a whale
 
And my very life lived in my voice
 
Kabul
 
December, 1989
 

Original Poem by

Partaw Naderi

Translated by

Yama Yari with Sarah Maguire Language

Dari

Country

Afghanistan