Some time ago, while I was working on a previous blog entry devoted to date palm tree cultivation in Goulmima (from a text in the A. Roux archives), I leafed through a number of dictionaries, looking for words relating to said tree. I found…
Basho was known as haisei : "the saint of haiku !" I don't know if there are any translations of his poetry into Berber (any one of its varieties) ? I have zero proficiency in Japanese, but I thought it necessary to give it a try. Although,…
Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi's (1909-1934) patriotic and hortatory verse is still a go-to for many protests in the streets of Tunis, and elsewhere. His broad appeal led to his being dubbed "the poet of the Tunisian revolution (2011)". Yet, he has…
ur nmmut han alln-nnġ ḥḍant igitn d imussutn nnun izbutn d ibrazn iznnirn ismdn d tmḍlin iccarn ur nmmut han ifassn-nnġ iḥrcawn, izurn, istuttuyn d ufaras ddġ war tigira ammas n tdiklt issmtr nwidd is aġ tzwarm s tmttant ur nmmut han tafgga…
Is tssnd tamazirt nna-g ittfsu usmmam Isufu wurġ n zznbuɛ g uslls n walatn Immctg uzuzwu ddaw tzgzwi n ignwan Sbddn taġzi ur rgigiyn iskwla n igrsl d uqumam As riġ a(d) nddu, nkkin d kyyin, a yasmun. Kennst du das Land, wo die Zitronen blüh…
Awa giġ tin uġanim ur digi adif a yazwu ur digi may tssrgigiyt Amarg amm rrami dinna y icti wul taḥyyaḥt ini ɛari ac id inġ a luḥc Love is like a hunter; when the heart yearns for the chase he runs up the mountain to bring down the beast Am…
Tidt n tudrt tlla g ifstida nttamẓ ifsti, nhaggum ad digs nfsymaka, ur da nttawḍ ifsti ġas s ubrid n wawal—awal daġ ittawi s iġzr. God's truth is in silence.To fall silent in turn, with the hope of dissolving into it.But we become aware of