Lee Mokobe: A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender
李·默克比: 关于变性人的感受而震撼人心的一首诗
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.
是在装饰着彩色玻璃教堂。
the congregation was on its feet,
我长久地跪着
like a question mark
如同一个问号
that my sin would burn
希望我的罪恶燃烧
to reintroduce me to sanctity,
to be anything I want.
what was left of my goal.
the other kids couldn't play,
其它孩子无法加入这场游戏,
and apologetic girl,
wasn't deemed cute anymore.
男孩的阶段不再可爱。
seeing my knees in the shadow of skirts,
would never bring a husband home,
是不会找到丈夫的,
and child-bearing.
along with their slurs.
come out of the closet.
without my permission.
打开了这个柜子。
more Ken than Barbie.
我更像是肯而不是芭比。
to house all your insides,
能承载你的所有,
to invite guests over,
能邀请人们做客,
strong enough to stand on.
能够平稳站立。
myself after fading things.
left behind by Mya Hall,
米娅·霍尔,
conversations at the bus stop.
“太遗憾了。”
into a mausoleum,
my identity into a spectacle,
变成了人间奇观,
while the brutality of living in this body
然而无情生活在他的身体里
at the bottom of equality pages.
我们更像鬼,
my gender expression is a trick,
像是一个诡计,
without their consent,
for their eyes and hands
我的身体是一场盛宴
they did not like.
hang me with all the other skeletons.
和其他的骨骼挂在一起。
to talk people into coffins,
要把人们说进棺材是多么容易的事情,
there are boys rotting,
in high school hallways
hashtag in a second
becoming like judgment day
变成他们的审判日
more transgender children than parents.
比他们的父母还要容易接受。
start to feel redundant,
become lessons about sin
罪恶的教科书
all this breath and mercy,
气息和宽容,
that washed over Jesus' feet.
耶稣脚上的葡萄酒。
getting stuck in my throat.
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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