Robin Morgan: 4 powerful poems about Parkinson's and growing older
روبن مورغان: أربعة قصائد مؤثرة عن مرض باركنسون والتقدم في العمر
The former editor-in-chief of Ms., Robin Morgan published the classic "Sisterhood Is Powerful" anthologies. Full bio
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and the music of language;
of communication --
the poems I'll read today
القصائد التي سوف ألقيها عليكم اليوم
seventh book of poetry.
الذي انتهيت من كتابته مؤخرًا.
with Parkinson's disease.
تم تشخيص إصابتي بمرض باركنسون.
are really impressive.
مثير للإعجاب.
that I was appalled to learn
من المرعب بالنسبة لي معرفة
left out of research trials,
من الأبحاث التجريبية،
medical findings having demonstrated
حسب الجنس أظهرت
different reproductive systems.
مختلفة،
is good for men, too.
the person you already are,
من تكون حاليا،
that you've learned to invoke
الذي تعلمت الإعتماد عليه
and through action,
but also create energy.
with the Parkinson's Disease Foundation --
بدأت العمل مع مؤسسة مرض باركنسون
on the Parkinson's disease map.
وضع النساء على خارطة مرض باركنسون.
with this subject matter,
sometimes even joyful.
مأساوي، مثير للضحك وأحيانا حتى ممتع.
like the woman I'm distilling into.
in the doctor's waiting room
requires a largeness of spirit
في الصغر يتطلب سعة في الروح
from those who love you;
of the "Drink Me" bottle,
when wrestled round with both hands.
تذعن فقط عند صرعها بكلتا اليدين.
all this growing small:
shrinking woman
serene, making do with less.
space glimmers,
of those accustomed
in the provocation of a button,
while negotiating the dark.
مكبوح الجماح حين مفاوضة الليل.
in an intimate, fierce discipline,
حتى يهذبهم بطريقة حميمة صارمة،
who exert stupendous effort
المترنحين الذين يبذلون جهدًا هائلًا
in growing small,
"On Donating My Brain to Science."
"تبرعًا بذهني للعلوم."
reassuring religious people.
kidneys, corneas, liver, lungs,
الكليتين، والقرنيتين، والكبد، والرئتين،
imagined its unique value in research,
they're not quite sure I have.
شخصا آخر من ما لا يعلمون أني أملكه.
spread me on your slides.
العبني كزهر نرد، واطرحني على مزلاقك.
squint through your lens.
افحصني، ذاك الحول البادي في عينيك.
harvest me, track the clues.
افعل ما شئت، اقتطفني، تقفى الحقائق.
smear me on your slides,
ادهني على شرائحك،
I want to be used
أود أن تتم الإستفادة مني
up.
snails, jellyfish, worms --
والقواقع وقنديل البحر والديدان -
from our most lucent selves.
to show our true colors.
اشعاع بيولوجي لنظهر دواخلنا الحقيقية.
can act as telescopes,
يمكن أن تكون بمثابة تلسكوبات،
of star systems to faint arcs --
through a glass of wine.
أضواء المدينة البعيدة من خلال كأس نبيذ.
spied out by the Hubble,
every pedestrian walk-on stare.
even standing, is illogical --
المشي وحتى الوقوف شيئ غير منطقي
is not al dente anymore.
beautiful but boring,
has never been my strong point.
the most direct route through
mind how you turn:
انتبه لإستدارتك:
in an empty theater.
to beckon the darkness in
to see both Self and Other
of original sin:
in the garden's dark.
on the slick slate slabs,
بحذر على ألواح الأردواز الزلقة،
lands in the vestibule like a grenade,
blinks and glares awake.
to manhood now --
not distant but apart --
nights, gaudy noons.
وليال وفترات ظهيرة ساطعة.
grieve too long a while,
أولئك الذين أحبوني الحزن وقتًا طويلًا،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Robin Morgan - Poet and activistThe former editor-in-chief of Ms., Robin Morgan published the classic "Sisterhood Is Powerful" anthologies.
Why you should listen
Poet, author, editor and activist Robin Morgan has published more than 20 books, including the Sisterhood Is Powerful anthologies, the best-selling The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism, and six books of poetry. The recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Prize (Poetry) and other honors, and the former editor-in-chief of Ms., she cofounded (with Simone de Beauvoir) the Sisterhood Is Global Institute and cofounded (with Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem) the Women's Media Center.
She hosts Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan, a nationally syndicated radio program with a global audience on iTunes and www.WMCLive.com. Her just-finished book, Dark Matter: New Poems, is due out in 2016.
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