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Chinaka Hodge: What will you tell your daughters about 2016?
Chinaka Hodge: Que lles contaredes ás vosas fillas do 2016?
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Con palabras coma fragmentos de vidro, Chinaka Hodge procede á disección do 2016; deixa que 12 meses de violencia, dor, medo, vergoña, carraxe e esperanza se derramen neste orixinal poema sobre un ano que ningún de nós olvidará facilmente.
Chinaka Hodge - Writer, educator
Poet, playwright, filmmaker and educator Chinaka Hodge uses her own life and experiences as the backbone of wildly creative, powerful works. Full bio
Poet, playwright, filmmaker and educator Chinaka Hodge uses her own life and experiences as the backbone of wildly creative, powerful works. Full bio
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Contádelle ás vosas fillas o deste ano,
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Tell your daughters of this year,
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como nos erguiamos necesitando café
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how we woke needing coffee
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e atopábamos no seu lugar cadáveres
espallados nas páxinas dos xornais,
espallados nas páxinas dos xornais,
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but discovered instead cadavers
strewn about our morning papers,
strewn about our morning papers,
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anegadas de copias das nosas irmás,
cónxuxes, fillos pequenos.
cónxuxes, fillos pequenos.
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waterlogged facsimiles
of our sisters, spouses, small children.
of our sisters, spouses, small children.
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Contádelle ao voso bebé o deste ano, cando
pregunte, que sen dúbida o fará,
pregunte, que sen dúbida o fará,
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Say to your baby of this year
when she asks, as she certainly should,
when she asks, as she certainly should,
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dicídelle que chegou demasiado tarde.
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tell her it was too late coming.
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Admit even in the year we leased freedom,
we didn't own it outright.
we didn't own it outright.
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Admitide que, incluso no ano
no que alugamos a liberdade,
no que alugamos a liberdade,
ésta non nos pertencía por completo.
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There were still laws
for every way we used our privates
for every way we used our privates
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Aínda había leis para cada emprego que lle
dábamos ás nosas cousas
dábamos ás nosas cousas
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while they pawed at the soft folds of us,
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mentres eles nos pateaban aos débiles,
nos collían sen ningunha preocupación,
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grabbed with no concern for consent,
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non había leis para os homes
que as impoñían.
que as impoñían.
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no laws made for the men
that enforced them.
that enforced them.
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Adestráronnos para esquivar,
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We were trained to dodge,
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para esperar, para
encollernos e cubrirnos,
encollernos e cubrirnos,
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to wait, to cower and cover,
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para esperar máis, e seguir esperando.
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to wait more, still, wait.
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We were told to be silent.
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Dixeron que gardáramos silencio.
Faládelle ás vosas fillas deste
tempo de guerra,
tempo de guerra,
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But speak to your girls of this wartime,
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un ano precedido por moitos outros iguais,
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a year preceded by a score of the same,
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coma cando dúas décadas antes,
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so as in two decades before,
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nos secamos os ollos,
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we wiped our eyes,
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atamos cadaleitos con bandeiras,
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laced caskets with flags,
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evacuamos a escena do crime do club,
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evacuated the crime scene of the club,
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berramos na rúa,
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caterwauled in the street,
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nos deitamos no formigón
contra os restos dos nosos caídos,
contra os restos dos nosos caídos,
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laid our bodies on the concrete
against the outlines of our fallen,
against the outlines of our fallen,
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berramos,
"Por suposto que importamos"
"Por suposto que importamos"
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cried, "Of course we mattered,"
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cantamos aos nosos desaparecidos.
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chanted for our disappeared.
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As mulleres choraron este ano.
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The women wept this year.
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They did.
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Fixérono.
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In the same year, we were ready.
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No mesmo ano, estabamos preparadas.
O ano no que perdemos as nosas inhibicións
e nos movemos con valente abandono
e nos movemos con valente abandono
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The year we lost our inhibition
and moved with courageous abandon
and moved with courageous abandon
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was also the year we stared down barrels,
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foi tamén o ano no que
miramos fixamente aos canóns,
miramos fixamente aos canóns,
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sang of cranes in skies,
ducked and parried,
ducked and parried,
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cantamos sobre grúas nos ceos,
evadimos e esquivamos,
evadimos e esquivamos,
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caught gold in hijab,
collected death threats,
collected death threats,
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collemos ouro no hijab,
recollemos ameazas de morte,
recollemos ameazas de morte,
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knew ourselves as patriots,
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recoñecémonos como patriotas,
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said, "We're 35 now, time we settled down
and found a running mate,"
and found a running mate,"
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dixemos, "Temos 35; é tempo de sentar a
cabeza e atopar un compañeiro"
cabeza e atopar un compañeiro"
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made road maps for infant joy,
shamed nothing but fear,
shamed nothing but fear,
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fixemos mapas de estradas por diversión,
avergoñándonos de nada excepto do medo,
avergoñándonos de nada excepto do medo,
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called ourselves fat and meant, of course,
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chamámonos gordas querendo dicir,
por suposto, perfectas.
por suposto, perfectas.
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impeccable.
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This year, we were women,
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Este ano, fomos mulleres,
non esposas ou adornos,
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not brides or trinkets,
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non un sexo débil,
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not an off-brand gender,
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not a concession, but women.
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non unha concesión; senón mulleres.
Ensinade aos vosos bebés.
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Instruct your babies.
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01:54
Remind them that the year has passed
to be docile or small.
to be docile or small.
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Recordádeslles que pasou o ano de ser
dóciles ou pequenas.
dóciles ou pequenas.
Algunhas de nós dixemos por primeira vez
que éramos mulleres,
que éramos mulleres,
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Some of us said for the first time
that we were women,
that we were women,
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tomando este xuramento
de solidariedade en serio.
de solidariedade en serio.
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took this oath of solidarity seriously.
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Algunhas tivemos fillos,
outras non,
outras non,
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Some of us bore children
and some of us did not,
and some of us did not,
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e ningunha de nós cuestionou se isto
nos facía máis ou menos reais,
nos facía máis ou menos reais,
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and none of us questioned
whether that made us real
whether that made us real
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ou apropiadas, ou verdadeiras.
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or appropriate or true.
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Cando vos pregunte sobre este ano,
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When she asks you of this year,
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a vosa filla, xa sexa descendente ou
herdeira do voso triunfo,
herdeira do voso triunfo,
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your daughter, whether your offspring
or heir to your triumph,
or heir to your triumph,
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desde o seu confortable lado da historia
con respecto á muller,
con respecto á muller,
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from her comforted side of history
teetering towards woman,
teetering towards woman,
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fará preguntas de xeito incansable,
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she will wonder and ask voraciously,
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e aínda que non pode comprender
o voso sacrificio,
o voso sacrificio,
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though she cannot fathom your sacrifice,
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she will hold your estimation of it holy,
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considerará a vosa estimación dos feitos
coma algo sagrado,
coma algo sagrado,
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curiously probing, "Where were you?
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preguntando con curiosidade,
"Onde estiveches?
"Onde estiveches?
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Did you fight?
Were you fearful or fearsome?
Were you fearful or fearsome?
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Loitaches?
Fuches temerosa ou temible?
Fuches temerosa ou temible?
De que cor eran as paredes do teu
arrepentimento?
arrepentimento?
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What colored the walls of your regret?
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02:32
What did you do for women
in the year it was time?
in the year it was time?
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Que fixeches polas mulleres nese ano?
Neste camiño que fixeches para min,
que ósos tiveches que romper?
que ósos tiveches que romper?
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This path you made for me,
which bones had to break?
which bones had to break?
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Did you do enough, and are you OK, momma?
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Fixeches o suficiente?
Estás ben, mamá?
Estás ben, mamá?
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And are you a hero?"
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Es unha heroína?"
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She will ask the difficult questions.
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Ela fará as preguntas difíciles.
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She will not care
about the arc of your brow,
about the arc of your brow,
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Non lle importará
o arco da túa cella,
o arco da túa cella,
ou o peso co que cargas.
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the weight of your clutch.
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Non preguntará polas vosas mencións.
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She will not ask of your mentions.
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Your daughter, for whom you have
already carried so much, wants to know
already carried so much, wants to know
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A vosa filla, pola que
fixeches tanto, quere saber
fixeches tanto, quere saber
que trouxeches, que agasallo,
que luz salvaches da extinción.
que luz salvaches da extinción.
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what you brought, what gift,
what light did you keep from extinction?
what light did you keep from extinction?
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Cando viñan a por víctimas na noite,
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When they came for victims in the night,
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ficaches durmida ou espertaches?
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did you sleep through it
or were you roused?
or were you roused?
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Cal foi o prezo de permanecer esperta?
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What was the cost of staying woke?
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Que, no ano no que dixemos basta,
que fixesches cos teus privilexios?
que fixesches cos teus privilexios?
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What, in the year we said time's up,
what did you do with your privilege?
what did you do with your privilege?
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Alimentácheste da miseria de outros?
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Did you sup on others' squalor?
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Apartaches a mirada ou ollaches
directamente as lapas?
directamente as lapas?
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Did you look away
or directly into the flame?
or directly into the flame?
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Did you know your skill
or treat it like a liability?
or treat it like a liability?
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Coñecías as túas habilidades ou
considerábalas unha carga?
considerábalas unha carga?
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Were you fooled by the epithets
of "nasty" or "less than"?
of "nasty" or "less than"?
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Deixácheste enganar polos calificativos
"despreciable" ou "menos que"?
"despreciable" ou "menos que"?
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Did you teach with an open heart
or a clenched fist?
or a clenched fist?
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Ensinaches co corazón aberto ou
co puño pechado?
co puño pechado?
Onde estabas?
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Where were you?
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Dille a verdade.
Faino durante toda a vida.
Faino durante toda a vida.
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Tell her the truth. Make it your life.
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Demóstrao. Di,"Filla, eu mantívenme firme,
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Confirm it. Say, "Daughter, I stood there
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with the moment
drawn on my face like a dagger,
drawn on my face like a dagger,
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co momento marcado na miña cara
coma un puñal,
coma un puñal,
e lanceino,
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and flung it back at itself,
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facendo espazo para ti."
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slicing space for you."
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Dille a verdade, como viviches
contra todo pronóstico.
contra todo pronóstico.
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Tell her the truth, how you lived
in spite of crooked odds.
in spite of crooked odds.
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Dille que fuches valente,
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Tell her you were brave,
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and always, always
in the company of courage,
in the company of courage,
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e sempre, sempre
na compaña da valentía,
na compaña da valentía,
especialmente nos días nos que só
te tiñas a ti mesma.
te tiñas a ti mesma.
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mostly the days
when you just had yourself.
when you just had yourself.
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Dicídelle que naceu coma vós,
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Tell her she was born as you were,
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coma as vosas nais e as
irmás xunto a elas,
irmás xunto a elas,
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as your mothers before,
and the sisters beside them,
and the sisters beside them,
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na era das lendas, coma sempre.
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in the age of legends, like always.
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Dicídelle que naceu xusto a tempo,
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Tell her she was born just in time,
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xusto a tempo
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just in time
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to lead.
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de liderar.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chinaka Hodge - Writer, educatorPoet, playwright, filmmaker and educator Chinaka Hodge uses her own life and experiences as the backbone of wildly creative, powerful works.
Why you should listen
Chinaka Hodge is a writer and educator from Oakland. She received her BA from NYU’s Gallatin School and studied Writing for Film and Television at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts MFA program. Her work has been featured in Believer Magazine, Teen People Magazine, Newsweek, San Francisco Magazine, on PBS and NPR, and in two seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry. She was an Associate Producer on Simmons Lathan presents Brave New Voices for HBO.
She is a Cave Canem Graduate Fellow, was a playwright-in-residence at SF Playwrights Foundation and serves as a Visiting Editor at The California Sunday Magazine. She is an inaugural Senior Fellow at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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