Poem
Mustafa Stitou
ORACLE OF A FOUND SHOE
Distract the hysterical metropolis,urbanite, rinse your gut
with spring water, be lenient know
meaninglessness is what I need.
Arrest your mastering grope
the internal harmonium, press a face
you have never seen before out of your brain,
you have remained a dreaming foetus.
Lie down in the grass,
stand up, hack an infant’s hand
or a cathedral into a cliff.
Answer the horses when they ask
will you really lose your love
if you rediscover yourself?
Urbanite, lie down in the grass,
quietly find the god concealed within you,
grasp him and strip him to his empty core,
then go back home, lay on a
meal for no one in particular.
Or stay calm, keep lying there,
wait without expectation
until your name has faded away
with the memories of it.
© Translation: 2013,
ORAKEL VAN EEN GEVONDEN SCHOEN
ORAKEL VAN EEN GEVONDEN SCHOEN
Maak afwezig de hysterische metropool,stadsmens spoel je onderbuik
met bronwater schoon, wees toegeeflijk weet
betekenisloosheid heb ik nodig.
Stop met bemeesteren bepotel
het inwendige orgel, pers uit je brein
een gezicht tevoorschijn dat je nooit hebt gezien,
je bent een dromende foetus gebleven.
Ga liggen in het gras,
sta op, hak in een rotswand kinderhand
of kathedraal.
Antwoord de paarden als ze vragen
zul je werkelijk je geliefde verliezen
als je jezelf hervindt?
Stadsmens ga liggen in het gras,
vind stil de god die zich in je verborgen houdt,
vang en ontkleed hem tot op zijn lege kern,
keer naar huis terug, richt een
maaltijd aan voor niemand in het bijzonder.
Of blijf kalm, blijf liggen,
wacht zonder te verwachten
totdat vergaat jouw naam
en de herinnering eraan.
© 2013, Mustafa Stitou
From: Tempel
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
From: Tempel
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
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ORACLE OF A FOUND SHOE
Distract the hysterical metropolis,urbanite, rinse your gut
with spring water, be lenient know
meaninglessness is what I need.
Arrest your mastering grope
the internal harmonium, press a face
you have never seen before out of your brain,
you have remained a dreaming foetus.
Lie down in the grass,
stand up, hack an infant’s hand
or a cathedral into a cliff.
Answer the horses when they ask
will you really lose your love
if you rediscover yourself?
Urbanite, lie down in the grass,
quietly find the god concealed within you,
grasp him and strip him to his empty core,
then go back home, lay on a
meal for no one in particular.
Or stay calm, keep lying there,
wait without expectation
until your name has faded away
with the memories of it.
© 2013, Mustafa Stitou
From: Tempel
From: Tempel
ORACLE OF A FOUND SHOE
Distract the hysterical metropolis,urbanite, rinse your gut
with spring water, be lenient know
meaninglessness is what I need.
Arrest your mastering grope
the internal harmonium, press a face
you have never seen before out of your brain,
you have remained a dreaming foetus.
Lie down in the grass,
stand up, hack an infant’s hand
or a cathedral into a cliff.
Answer the horses when they ask
will you really lose your love
if you rediscover yourself?
Urbanite, lie down in the grass,
quietly find the god concealed within you,
grasp him and strip him to his empty core,
then go back home, lay on a
meal for no one in particular.
Or stay calm, keep lying there,
wait without expectation
until your name has faded away
with the memories of it.
© 2013,
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