Poem

Mustafa Stitou

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MOTHER TONGUE

Cr-ksh
   Cr-ksh
Cr-ksh cr-ksh
Cr-ksh
(Ewes, ewes, are you coming?)

(Goats, goats, are you coming?)
h-tch h-tch
h-tch h-tch h-tch h-tch
   h-tch
h-tch h-tch h-tch h-tch

(You coming, cow?) haash
haashhaash
haash
haash

(Cat) bshbsh
   bshbsh
bsh
bshbshbsh

(Wishing the dog
to drop it get lost
she shrieked)
eh-dep!
   eh-dep eh-dep!
eh-dep!

© Translation: 2005, David Colmer

Moedertaal

Moedertaal

krksh
   krksh
krkshkrksh
krksh
(Ooien, ooien komen jullie?)

(geiten, geiten komen jullie?)
gtshgtsh
gtshgtshgtshgtsh
   gtsh
gtshgtshgtshgtsh

(Kom je, koe?) haash
haashhaash
haash
haash

(Poes) bshbsh
   bshbsh
bsh
bshbshbsh

(Verlangde ze van de hond
laat los loop weg
snerpte ze)
è-dèb!
   è-dèb-èdèb!
è-dèb!

© 2003, Mustafa Stitou
From: Varkensroze ansichten
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam

Mustafa Stitou

Mustafa Stitou

(The Netherlands, 1974)

If the essence of poetry is to break with expectations, Mustafa Stitou is conceivably an ideal poet. After walking off with both the VSB Poetry Prize and the Jan Campert Prize for his third collection, Varkensroze ansichten (Pig-Pink Picture Postcards), he was comparatively silent until May 2013 when the collection Tempel (Temple) was published. In an interview with the Amsterdam paper Het Paro...

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MOTHER TONGUE

Cr-ksh
   Cr-ksh
Cr-ksh cr-ksh
Cr-ksh
(Ewes, ewes, are you coming?)

(Goats, goats, are you coming?)
h-tch h-tch
h-tch h-tch h-tch h-tch
   h-tch
h-tch h-tch h-tch h-tch

(You coming, cow?) haash
haashhaash
haash
haash

(Cat) bshbsh
   bshbsh
bsh
bshbshbsh

(Wishing the dog
to drop it get lost
she shrieked)
eh-dep!
   eh-dep eh-dep!
eh-dep!

© 2005, David Colmer
From: Varkensroze ansichten

MOTHER TONGUE

Cr-ksh
   Cr-ksh
Cr-ksh cr-ksh
Cr-ksh
(Ewes, ewes, are you coming?)

(Goats, goats, are you coming?)
h-tch h-tch
h-tch h-tch h-tch h-tch
   h-tch
h-tch h-tch h-tch h-tch

(You coming, cow?) haash
haashhaash
haash
haash

(Cat) bshbsh
   bshbsh
bsh
bshbshbsh

(Wishing the dog
to drop it get lost
she shrieked)
eh-dep!
   eh-dep eh-dep!
eh-dep!

© 2005, David Colmer

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