Lee Mokobe: A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender
リー・モコベ: 迫真の詩―トランスジェンダーでいることはどういう気持ちか
Lee Mokobe is a 20-year-old South African slam poet and co-founder of Vocal Revolutionaries. Full bio
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was in a glass-stained cathedral.
ステンドグラスのある大聖堂だった
the congregation was on its feet,
like a question mark
木製の信徒席の至るところで
that my sin would burn
舌の上の砂糖のように
to reintroduce me to sanctity,
再教育する中で
なれるのだという奇跡を
to be anything I want.
歯抜けの笑顔や
イケてるファッションとし
what was left of my goal.
かくれんぼをした
the other kids couldn't play,
and apologetic girl,
痛々しい女の子の綱渡りをしながらも
wasn't deemed cute anymore.
もはや可愛げのあるものではなかった
seeing my knees in the shadow of skirts,
懐かしむ感傷的な おばさんは
would never bring a husband home,
決して一家に「夫」をもたらさない―
and child-bearing.
私が存在することを思い出させ
along with their slurs.
私はグッと堪えたのだ
come out of the closet.
without my permission.
否応なくこじ開けてきた
more Ken than Barbie.
女の子というよりは男の子だった
to house all your insides,
努力するだろう
to invite guests over,
strong enough to stand on.
床を十分に強くするだろう
myself after fading things.
自らをなぞらえていると恐れている
マヤ・ホール
left behind by Mya Hall,
ブレイク・ブルッキングトン
conversations at the bus stop.
なれ果てるのを恐れている
into a mausoleum,
「お前は大霊廟に変わり果て
my identity into a spectacle,
お前のアイデンティティを見世物にし
while the brutality of living in this body
その身体で生きることの無慈悲さは
at the bottom of equality pages.
ただの注記扱いなのに」と
my gender expression is a trick,
without their consent,
for their eyes and hands
they did not like.
吐き出すのだろう
hang me with all the other skeletons.
他の骸骨たちと並べ上げるのだ
to talk people into coffins,
墓石の綴りを誤植するのが
there are boys rotting,
なぜ 生き絶えだえの少年達がいるのかと
in high school hallways
hashtag in a second
becoming like judgment day
最後の審判の日になることを恐れている
more transgender children than parents.
トランスジェンダーの子供たちを受入れることだ
start to feel redundant,
become lessons about sin
all this breath and mercy,
神が救わなかったように
that washed over Jesus' feet.
ワインではないように
getting stuck in my throat.
咽喉につかえているのだ
終に聞いて下さったのだ
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lee Mokobe - PoetLee Mokobe is a 20-year-old South African slam poet and co-founder of Vocal Revolutionaries.
Why you should listen
The volunteer-run organization empowers youth in South Africa to fid their voice through poetry and art, offering free workshops, motivational talks, seasonal slams, national/local performances and mentoring. In his own poetry, Mokobe tackles tough social justice and LGBTQ issues. He has performed across three continents and was the youngest and first African coach at the Brave New Voices Festival, which he won in 2015.
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