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Sarah Kay: "A Bird Made of Birds"
ساره كاي: "طائر خُلق من الطيور"
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"الكون كتب بالفعل القصيدة التي كنت تخطط لكتابتها"، تقول سارة كاي، تقتبس من صديقها، الشاعر كافيه أكبر. تؤدي قصيدته"طائر خُلق من الطيور" تشاركنا كيف وأين كتب الشعر. (كاي) هي أيضا مضيفة "مخلصك، إكس" استمع إلى برنامج البودكاست الجرم السماوي في luminary.link/ted)
Sarah Kay - Poet
A performing poet since she was 14 years old, Sarah Kay is the founder of Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool. Full bio
A performing poet since she was 14 years old, Sarah Kay is the founder of Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool. Full bio
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00:12
I have a friend named Kaveh Akbar,
who is a fellow poet.
who is a fellow poet.
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لدي صديق اسمه كافيه أكبر
وهو شاعر
وهو شاعر
00:18
And Kaveh found this photo online
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وكافيه وجد هذه الصورة على الانترنت
00:21
of the anatomical heart of a blue whale
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وهي تشريح لقلب الحوت الأزرق
00:25
that scientists had hung
on a hook from the ceiling,
on a hook from the ceiling,
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حيث قام العلماء بتثبيته وتعليقه في السقف
00:29
which is how they were able to observe
that the heart of a blue whale
that the heart of a blue whale
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وقد لاحظ العلماء أن قلب الحوت الأزرق
00:32
is big enough that a person
can stand up fully inside of it.
can stand up fully inside of it.
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كبير لدرجة يكفي لشخص يقف داخله
00:37
And when Kaveh shared this photo online,
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وعندما شارك كافيه هذه الصورة على الانترنت
00:40
he did so with the caption,
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علق عليها
00:42
"This is another reminder
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"هذا تذكير آخر
00:45
that the universe has already written
the poem you were planning on writing."
the poem you were planning on writing."
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أن الكون كتب القصيدة
التي كنت تخطط لكتابتها."
التي كنت تخطط لكتابتها."
00:52
And when I first saw that,
I was horrified.
I was horrified.
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وأصبت بالذعر عندما رأيت ذلك لأول مرة
00:55
I was like, "Come on, man!
I'm trying to invent new metaphors!
I'm trying to invent new metaphors!
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وقلت هيا يا رجل حاول صياغة استعارات جديدة
00:58
I'm trying to discover beauty
that hasn't been discovered yet.
that hasn't been discovered yet.
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حاول أن تكتشف الجمال الذي لم يظهر بعد
01:01
What do you mean, the universe
is always going to get there before me?"
is always going to get there before me?"
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ماذا يعني، أن الكون يسبقني دائمًا؟
01:05
And I know this isn't
a uniquely poet problem,
a uniquely poet problem,
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فأنا أعلم أن هذه ليست مشكلة الشاعر الوحيدة
01:08
but on days when the world
feels especially big
feels especially big
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ولكن في الأيام التي يكون فيها العالم
كبيراً جداً خاصةَ
كبيراً جداً خاصةَ
01:14
or especially impossible
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أو غير معقول
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or especially full of grandeur,
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أو عظيما لدرجة لا يمكن تخيله
01:19
those are the days when I feel,
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هذه هي الأيام التي أشعر فيها بصدق
01:22
"What do I possibly have to contribute
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وأقول في نفسي ما الذي يجب علي مساهمته
01:25
to all of this?"
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تجاه هذا الكون العظيم
01:28
Not long ago, I saw this video
that some of you may have seen.
that some of you may have seen.
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منذ فترة قصيرة، رأيت هذا الفيديو
الذي ربما رآه بعضكم
الذي ربما رآه بعضكم
01:31
It makes the internet rounds
every couple of months.
every couple of months.
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فقد أنتجه الإنترنت بعد عدة جولات شهرياً
01:34
There are these birds
that are called starlings,
that are called starlings,
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هناك تلك الطيور التي تدعى بطيور الزرزور
01:36
and they fly in what's
called a "murmuration,"
called a "murmuration,"
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تحلق في جماعة وتدعى بسرب الطيور
01:40
which is generally
just a big cloud of birds.
just a big cloud of birds.
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بشكل عام مشكّلة سحابة كبيرة
01:43
And someone happened to catch
a quick video on their phone
a quick video on their phone
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وبالصدفة قام شخص بالتقاط هذا الفيديو سريعا
01:47
of these starlings flying.
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عن تحليق طيور الزرزور
01:50
And at first, it's just an amorphous blob,
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ففي البداية، هي مجرد نقطة لم تتشكل بعد
01:53
and then there's a moment
where the birds shift,
where the birds shift,
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في لحظة تتحول تلك الطيور
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and they form the shape of a starling
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مشكّلة سرب الزرزور
02:00
in the sky!
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في السماء
02:02
(Laughter)
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(ضحك)
02:03
And as soon as I saw it, I was like,
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وحالما رأيته، شهقت
02:05
(Gasps) "The universe has already
written the poem
written the poem
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وقلت الكون كتب القصيدة
02:08
you were planning on writing!"
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التي كنت أخطط لكتابتها!
02:09
(Laughter)
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(ضحك)
02:10
Except, for the first time,
it didn't fill me with despair.
it didn't fill me with despair.
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لأول مرة باستثناء لم أدع اليأس يغمرني
02:14
Instead, I thought, "OK.
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عوضاً عن ذلك فكرت وقلت
02:17
Maybe it's not my job
to invent something new.
to invent something new.
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ربما ليست وظيفتي أن أخترع شيئًا جديدًا
02:21
Maybe instead it's my job to listen
to what the universe is showing me
to what the universe is showing me
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ربما عملي هو الاستماع
إلى ما يظهره الكون لي
إلى ما يظهره الكون لي
02:28
and to keep myself open
to what the universe offers,
to what the universe offers,
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ولأكون دائما متطلعاً على ما يقدمه الكون
02:33
so that when it's my turn,
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لذا عندما يأتي دوري
02:35
I can hold something to the light,
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يمكنني فعل شيء ما لإنارة الضوء
02:38
just for a moment,
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للحظة فقط
02:40
just for as long as I have.
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طالما لدي ما أملك
02:43
The universe has already written the poem
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الكون كتب القصيدة بالفعل
02:48
that you were planning on writing.
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التي كنت أخطط لكتابتها
02:51
And this is why
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وهذه طريقة الكون
02:53
you can do nothing
but point at the flock of starlings
but point at the flock of starlings
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لا يمكنك فعل شيء سوى
الإشارة إلى قطيع الزرزور
الإشارة إلى قطيع الزرزور
02:59
whose bodies rise and fall
in inherited choreography,
in inherited choreography,
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التي ترتفع وتنخفض كرقصة توارثتها أجسادهم
03:05
swarming the sky in a sweeping curtain
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في حشد مكتسحة السماء كالستار
03:09
that, for one blistering moment,
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وكل ذلك في لحظة مبهرة
03:12
forms the unmistakeable shape
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تشكلت بصورة واضحة
03:14
of a giant bird
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لطائر عملاق
03:16
flapping against the sky.
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يحلق ويرفرف في السماء
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It is why your mouth forms an "o"
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وطريقة تشكيل فمك لحرف " O"
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that is not a gasp,
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ليس وكأنك تلهث
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but rather, the beginning of,
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ولكن في الواقع بداية لكلمة:
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"Oh. Of course."
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"اوه. بالطبع"
03:30
As in, of course the heart of a blue whale
is as large as a house
is as large as a house
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كما الحال في قلب الحوت الأزرق الكبير كالمنزل
03:36
with chambers tall enough
to fit a person standing.
to fit a person standing.
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بغرف طويلة تكفي إنسان واقف داخلها
03:40
Of course a fig becomes possible
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بلا ريب فالتين يصبح تيناً
03:44
when a lady wasp lays her eggs
inside a flower,
inside a flower,
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عندما تضع أنثى الدبور بيضها داخل الزهرة
03:49
dies and decomposes,
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فتموت وتتحلل
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the fruit, evidence of her transformation.
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وظهور الفاكهة دليل على تحولها
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Sometimes, the poem is so bright,
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أحيانا، القصيدة مشرقة جدا
03:59
your silly language will not stick to it.
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لغتك التافهة لن تلتزم بها
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Sometimes, the poem is so true,
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أحيانا، القصيدة تكون حقيقة جداً
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nobody will believe you.
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ولكن لا أحد سيصدقك
04:08
I am a bird
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أنا طائر
04:11
made of birds.
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مخلوق من الطيور
04:13
This blue heart a house
you can stand up inside of.
you can stand up inside of.
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هذا القلب الأزرق منزل يمكنك الوقوف داخله
04:17
I am dying
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أنا أموت
04:20
here
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هنا
04:21
inside this flower.
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داخل هذه الزهرة
04:26
It is OK.
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لا بأس
04:27
It is what I was put here to do.
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فهذا ما قد وضعته هنا لفعله
04:30
Take this fruit.
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أخذ هذه الفاكهة
04:33
It is what I have to offer.
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وهذا ما يجب علي تقديمه
04:36
It may not be first,
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قد لا يكون الأول
04:38
or ever best,
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أو الأفضل
04:40
but it is the only way to be sure
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ولكن هي الطريقة الوحيدة المتأكد منها
04:43
that I lived at all.
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لأعيش من أي وقت مضى
04:46
(Applause)
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(تصفيق)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sarah Kay - PoetA performing poet since she was 14 years old, Sarah Kay is the founder of Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool.
Why you should listen
Plenty of 14-year-old girls write poetry. But few hide under the bar of the famous Bowery Poetry Club in Manhattan’s East Village absorbing the talents of New York’s most exciting poets. Not only did Sarah Kay do that -- she also had the guts to take its stage and hold her own against performers at least a decade her senior. Her talent for weaving words into poignant, funny, and powerful performances paid off.
Sarah holds a Masters degree in the art of teaching from Brown University and an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Grinnell College. Her first book, B, was ranked the number one poetry book on Amazon.com. Her second book, No Matter the Wreckage, is available from Write Bloody Publishing.
Sarah also founded Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool. Project VOICE runs performances and workshops to encourage people to engage in creative self-expression in schools and communities around the world.
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