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Nazand Begikhani
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In a desertAt the foot of the cloud-hills
under the shadow of the wind
a woman stood up
a slender being
who turned her face to God
a face full of doubts
She lifted her hands
and I heard her pray:
“Oh my Lord
grant me the power
to avoid understanding your secrets
for I don’t want to be shattered by anger”
© 2006, Nazand Begikhani
From: Bells of Speech
Publisher: Ambit Books, London
Translated from the Kurdish by the author
From: Bells of Speech
Publisher: Ambit Books, London
Nazand Begikhani
(Iraqi Kurdistan, 1964)
Nazand Begikhani was born in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1964. She has been living in exile (Denmark, France and currently the UK) since 1987. She took her first degree in English language and literature, then completed an MA and PhD in comparative literature at the Sorbonne. She published her first collection, Yesterday of Tomorrow, in Paris in 1995. Her second and third collections were published in K...
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In a desertAt the foot of the cloud-hills
under the shadow of the wind
a woman stood up
a slender being
who turned her face to God
a face full of doubts
She lifted her hands
and I heard her pray:
“Oh my Lord
grant me the power
to avoid understanding your secrets
for I don’t want to be shattered by anger”
From: Bells of Speech
Translated from the Kurdish by the author
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