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Daljit Nagra
THE MONSOON OF RAJA NARCISSUS
DE MOESSON VAN RAJA NARCISSUS
alle meisjes zeggen dat ze van me houdenal hun moeders vinden me een schattebout
sinds ik in de wolken heb gewoond
sinds je vertrok
ben ik aan het regenen op de weg
waar je voor het eerst zei dat je van me houdt
© Vertaling: 2011, Jan-Willem Anker
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
Raja betekent ‘koning’, maar is ook een gewone Indiase voornaam.
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
THE MONSOON OF RAJA NARCISSUS
all the girls say they love meall their mums say i’m lovely
ever since i lived in the clouds
where you first said you loved me
ever since you left
i’ve been raining on the road
where you first said you loved me
© 2011, Daljit Nagra
From: Tippoo Sultan\'s Incredible White-man Eating Tiger-toy Machine
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
From: Tippoo Sultan\'s Incredible White-man Eating Tiger-toy Machine
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 MONSOON OF RAJA NARCISSUS
all the girls say they love meall their mums say i’m lovely
ever since i lived in the clouds
where you first said you loved me
ever since you left
i’ve been raining on the road
where you first said you loved me
From: Tippoo Sultan\'s Incredible White-man Eating Tiger-toy Machine
THE MONSOON OF RAJA NARCISSUS
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