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Sunni Patterson: "Wild Women"
Sunni Patterson: "Wanita Buas"
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Dengan petir di lidahnya, Sunni Patterson menampilkan puisinya yang perkasa, "Wanita Buas", didampingi gerakan memikat oleh penari Chanice Holmes.
Sunni Patterson - Poet
Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Sunni Patterson combines the heritage, culture, and traditions of her native town with a spiritual worldview to create powerful music and poetry. Full bio
Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Sunni Patterson combines the heritage, culture, and traditions of her native town with a spiritual worldview to create powerful music and poetry. Full bio
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They wanted her piecemealed,
papier-mâchéd,
papier-mâchéd,
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Mereka ingin dia remuk, terkeping-keping
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practically broken,
limp-like and loveless,
limp-like and loveless,
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hancur, tak berdaya, dan tak bercinta
00:20
a litany of exaggeration.
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litani yang bertumpahan.
00:22
They wanted her low.
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Mereka ingin dia rendah.
00:24
And high.
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dan tinggi.
00:25
Flat and wide.
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Sempit dan luas.
00:28
Filled with all of their empty.
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Terisi oleh kekosongan mereka.
00:31
They wanted her to be more like them.
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Mereka ingin dia lebih menyerupai mereka.
00:34
Not knowing her conception was immaculate.
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Tanpa sadar hadirnya adalah tiada cela.
00:37
That she was birthed
in sandalwood-scented river water,
in sandalwood-scented river water,
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Bahwa ia lahir di sungai beraroma cendana,
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sweet sapphire honey-touched tongue,
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lidah semanis sentuhan madu safir,
00:42
she was too much
of a mouthful for the greedy.
of a mouthful for the greedy.
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Dia terlalu sempurna untuk para serakah.
00:45
Just a small amount of her
was more than they could stand.
was more than they could stand.
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Hanya setetesnya lebih dari
yang mereka bayangkan.
yang mereka bayangkan.
00:48
Oh, they wanted her bland.
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Oh, mereka ingin dia cemplang
00:49
And barren.
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dan mandul.
00:51
Unspirited, un-African, uncultured,
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Tak bernyawa, non-Afrika, tak berbudaya,
00:54
under siege in the streets.
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terkepung di jalan.
00:56
They wanted her face down, ass up,
hands cuffed and ankles strapped.
hands cuffed and ankles strapped.
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Ia harus tunduk, tangan, dan kaki terikat.
01:00
They wanted her knowing
she could never want them back.
she could never want them back.
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Mereka ingin dia tahu, takkan ia bisa
menginginkan mereka lagi
menginginkan mereka lagi
01:03
Oh, they wanted her holy,
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Oh, mereka ingin kesuciannya,
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baptized in her divine,
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dibabtis dalam imannya,
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they wanted her secrets,
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Mereka ingin rahasianya,
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pearls to swine.
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menjadi hina.
01:10
They wanted to unravel
the mystery of her design.
the mystery of her design.
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Mereka ingin mengoyak misteri indahnya.
01:14
Fascinated by glory,
hypnotized by her kind.
hypnotized by her kind.
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Terperangah keagungan, tersihir mulianya.
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Oh, they wanted her complete.
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Oh, mereka ingin keseluruhan dirinya.
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They wanted her whole,
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Mereka ingin keutuhannya,
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though they came fractioned,
half-hearted, half-soul,
half-hearted, half-soul,
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meski mereka datang terkoyak,
setengah hati, setengah jiwa,
setengah hati, setengah jiwa,
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with no regards and no knowledge
as to who she really was.
as to who she really was.
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tanpa hormat dan kesadaran akan siapa dia
01:27
Oh, but if they knew.
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Oh, jikalau mereka tahu.
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If they knew her,
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Jika mereka tahu dirinya,
01:31
praise songs would rain
from the clouds of their eyes,
from the clouds of their eyes,
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hujan lagu pujian dari mata mendung mereka
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clearing the vision, bathing the heart.
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menyapu penglihatan, menyegarkan hati.
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They would bow every time they saw her.
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Mereka akan menunduk tiap kali melihatnya.
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Be their best selves when she was around.
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Menjadi diri mereka yang terbaik
ketika di dekatnya.
ketika di dekatnya.
01:43
If they knew her,
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Jika mereka tahu dirinya,
01:45
knew she was the glue to their revolution,
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sadar bahwa dialah perekat revolusi mereka
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the life flow of blood
through their veins.
through their veins.
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aliran darah melalui nadi mereka.
01:50
If they knew her,
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Jika mereka tahu dia,
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she would know,
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Dia akan tahu
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she would feel
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Dia akan merasa
01:56
that her body is more than battlefield.
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tubuhnya lebih dari sekadar medan perang
01:59
More than bone break and bleeding bigotry.
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Lebih dari fanatik berdarah perusak tulang
02:03
More than bridge
over your troubled conscience.
over your troubled conscience.
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melampaui jembatan kerusakan hati nuranimu
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More than used up, walked on,
driven through, shot up.
driven through, shot up.
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melampaui sosok terbuang, tersetir,
tertembak
tertembak
02:09
More than your "Selma, Lord, Selma"
Edmund Pettus.
Edmund Pettus.
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melampaui Edmund Pettus
"Selma, Lord, Selma"-mu
"Selma, Lord, Selma"-mu
02:13
More than your killer Katrina Danziger.
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Lebih dari pembunuh Katrina Danzigermu.
02:16
More than your bust them out of Baltimore
"Highway to Nowhere."
"Highway to Nowhere."
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melampaui usiranmu pada mereka
dari Baltimore "Highway to Nowhere"
dari Baltimore "Highway to Nowhere"
02:19
If they knew her,
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Jika mereka tahu dia,
02:21
she would know.
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dia akan tahu.
02:23
(Singing)
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(Menyanyi)
02:51
Wild women,
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Wanita buas,
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wild women, they walk with buffalo.
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wanita buas, berjalan diiringi banteng
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Have lightning on their tongues,
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Dengan petir di lidah mereka,
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fly whisks as weapons.
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terbang secepat kilat senjata mereka
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Wild women, they walk with machetes.
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Wanita buas, berjalan dengan parang.
03:01
With wisdom, with grace, with ease.
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Dengan kearifan, keanggunan, ketentraman.
03:05
Wild women have hurricanes
in their bellies,
in their bellies,
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Wanita buas dengan badai dalam perut
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releasing a flood of a lesson.
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melepaskan luapan pelajaran.
03:09
Oh, wild women, they fly free.
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Oh, wanita buas, mereka terbang bebas.
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Just watch their ways,
how they rip and shred.
how they rip and shred.
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Terpaku pada jalan mereka, mengoyak,
mencabik
mencabik
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Oh, who can understand her,
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Oh, siapa kan mengerti dia,
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this winding Niger river of a woman
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sungai Nigeria berangin seorang wanita
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one who is unafraid to tear away
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Seorang yang tegar tuk terkoyak
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only to roam and then become the wind.
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hanya untuk berkelana lalu menjadi angin.
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She who speaks in gusts and cyclones
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Dia yang berkata dalam tiupan dan topan
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blasting us back to high ground,
high consciousness,
high consciousness,
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hempaskan kembali ke dataran tinggi,
kesadaran tinggi
kesadaran tinggi
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she turns and so does the world.
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dia berbalik dan begitu pula dunia.
03:37
Feel her spinning,
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Merasakan putarannya,
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spanning several lifetimes.
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berlanjut hingga beberapa waktu.
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Hear her speaking, sparking alarm.
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Dengar dia berbicara, menyalakan pengingat
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See her dancing, summoning the dead,
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Lihat tariannya, memanggil yang tiada,
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resurrecting new life.
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memberi kehidupan baru.
03:48
Heaven hears her knocking on the door,
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Surga mendengar dia mengetuk pintu,
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safely transporting the ones
who call for her assistance.
who call for her assistance.
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dengan selamat menyertai mereka yang butuh
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Wild women, they open
portals to new worlds,
portals to new worlds,
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Wanita buas, mereka buka pintu dunia baru
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new speech, new dreams.
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ucapan baru, mimpi-mimpi baru.
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Oh, dearly beloveds,
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Oh, saudara sekalian yang terkasih,
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so dearly departed
from the ways of the guardian,
from the ways of the guardian,
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yang pergi dari jalan sang penjaga,
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beware.
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waspadalah.
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For wild women are not to be tamed.
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Akan wanita buas yang tiada jinak.
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Only admired.
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Hanya untuk dikagumi.
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Just let her in and witness her
set your days ablaze.
set your days ablaze.
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Biarkan dia datang dan lihat dia bakar harimu
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(Cheers) (Applause)
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(Sorakan) (Tepuk tangan)
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Thank you.
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Terima kasih.
04:28
(Applause)
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(Tepuk tangan)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sunni Patterson - PoetOriginally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Sunni Patterson combines the heritage, culture, and traditions of her native town with a spiritual worldview to create powerful music and poetry.
Why you should listen
Emerging from the musical womb that is New Orleans, Sunni Patterson combines the heritage of her native town with an enlightened modern style to create music and poetry that is timeless in its groove. She began her career as a full-time high school teacher, and much of her life since has been devoted to serving as a cultural worker and grassroots activist, using art and poetry to encourage dialogue and healing.
She has been a featured performer at many of the nation's premier spoken-word venues, including HBO's Def Poetry and BET’s Lyric Cafe. She also had the privilege of speaking at the Panafest in Ghana, West Africa and has collaborated with artists and performers, including Hannibal Lokumbe (singing lead vocals for his score, ”King and the Crescent City Moon"), Kalamu Ya Salaam, Sonia Sanchez, Wanda Coleman, Amiri Baraka, Mos Def, Eve Ensler, The Last Poets and many more.
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