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Nazand Begikhani
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I walked in the land of soulsAnd in the distance
I saw myself
a watery sky
full of darting little fishes
I went on
beyond things
beyond words
beyond the body
beyond the wind
Then I came across myself
© 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
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Nazand Begikhani (MA & PhD in comparative literature, Sorbonne University), is a British poet and academic of Kurdish origin. She is the author many books and articles, including ten poetry collections, mainly in Kurdish, but also in English and French. Her poetry is translated into many European and Asian languages.
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I walked in the land of soulsAnd in the distance
I saw myself
a watery sky
full of darting little fishes
I went on
beyond things
beyond words
beyond the body
beyond the wind
Then I came across myself
From: Bells of Speech
Translated from the Kurdish by the author
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