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Daljit Nagra
THE TREE
DE BOOM
De boom die mijn vader plantteuit zijn tuin pak ik een bijl
en tak voor tak
breek ik de boom
en zet aan ’t werk
miljoenen malle snippers,
het nachtvuur.
Alleen voor as blijf ik.
© Vertaling: 2011, Jan-Willem Anker
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
THE TREE
The tree my father grewfrom his garden I take an axe
and branch by branch
I break the tree
and set to work
the million maddened bits,
the fire of night.
Only for ash I keep.
© 2007, Daljit Nagra
From: Look We Have Coming to Dover!
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
From: Look We Have Coming to Dover!
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
Daljit Nagra
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1966)
Born in 1966, to Indian immigrant parents, Daljit Nagra was raised in London, and currently works in a secondary school. Nagra’s award-winning debut Look We Have Coming to Dover! earned immediate and universal applause. The Guardian praised “the ebullience of his word play, which stirs English, Punjabi and Punjabi-accented English into a series of funny and poignant poems that defy easy ca...
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THE TREE
The tree my father grewfrom his garden I take an axe
and branch by branch
I break the tree
and set to work
the million maddened bits,
the fire of night.
Only for ash I keep.
From: Look We Have Coming to Dover!
THE TREE
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