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Suheir Hammad: Poems of war, peace, women, power
Suheir Hammad: Puisi tentang perang, perdamaian, perempuan, kekuasaan
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Penyair Suheir Hammad membacakan dua karya puisi-narasi (spoken-word) yang membuat kita bergidik: "What I Will" (Apa Ku Akan) dan "break (clustered)" (patah setandan) -- suatu meditasi tentang perang dan perdamaian, tentang wanita dan kekuasaan. Tunggu baris yang menggetarkan: "Jangan takuti apa yang sudah meledak. Bila harus, takuti yang belum meledak."
Suheir Hammad - Poet, playwright
In her poems and plays, Suheir Hammad blends the stories and sounds of her Palestinian-American heritage with the vibrant language of Brooklyn to create a passionately modern voice. Full bio
In her poems and plays, Suheir Hammad blends the stories and sounds of her Palestinian-American heritage with the vibrant language of Brooklyn to create a passionately modern voice. Full bio
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"What I Will"
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"What I Will" (Apa Ku Akan)
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I will not dance to your war drum.
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Aku tak akan menari dengan genderang perangmu.
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I will not lend my soul nor my bones to your war drum.
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Tak kan kupinjamkan jiwa dan tulangku ke genderang perangmu.
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I will not dance to that beating.
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Aku tak akan menari seiring tabuhanmu.
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I know that beat.
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Aku tahu tabuhan itu.
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It is lifeless.
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Tak bernyawa.
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I know intimately that skin you are hitting.
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Kukenal dekat kulit yang kaupukul.
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It was alive once,
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Dulu ia hidup,
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hunted, stolen,
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diburu, dicuri,
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stretched.
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diregang.
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I will not dance to your drummed-up war.
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Aku tak akan menari seiring perangmu yang digalang.
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I will not pop, spin, break for you.
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Aku tak akan meletup, memutar, patah untukmu.
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I will not hate for you
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Aku tak akan membenci untukmu
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or even hate you.
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atau bahkan membencimu.
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I will not kill for you.
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Aku tak akan membunuh untukmu.
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Especially I will not die for you.
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Terutama aku tak akan mati untukmu.
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I will not mourn the dead with murder nor suicide.
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Aku tak akan berkabung dengan membunuh atau bunuh diri.
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I will not side with you or dance to bombs
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Aku tak akan memihakmu atau menari dengan bom
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because everyone is dancing.
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hanya karena semua orang menari.
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Everyone can be wrong.
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Semua orang bisa salah.
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Life is a right, not collateral or casual.
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Hidup itu hak, bukan agunan atau asal-asalan.
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I will not forget where I come from.
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Aku tak akan lupa dari mana aku datang.
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I will craft my own drum.
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Akan kureka genderangku sendiri.
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Gather my beloved near,
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Berkumpullah kasihku kemari,
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and our chanting will be dancing.
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nyanyian kita akan menari.
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Our humming will be drumming.
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Senandung kita akan berdentam.
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I will not be played.
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Aku tak akan dipermainkan.
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I will not lend my name nor my rhythm to your beat.
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Tak kan kupinjamkan namaku dan iramaku ke tabuhanmu.
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I will dance and resist and dance and persist and dance.
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Aku kan menari dan melawan dan menari dan bertahan dan menari.
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This heartbeat is louder than death.
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Detak jantung ini lebih lantang dari ajal.
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Your war drum ain't louder
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Genderang perangmu tak lebih lantang
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than this breath. Haaa.
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dari nafasku ini. Haaa.
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What's up TED people? Let me hear you make some noise.
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Apa kabar hadirin TED? Mana tepuk tangannya.
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(Applause)
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(Tepuk tangan)
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A bunch of pacifists.
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Sekelompok pecinta damai.
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Confused, aspiring pacifists.
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Pecinta damai yang bingung, penuh kemauan.
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I understand.
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Saya mengerti.
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I've been wrong a lot lately.
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Saya banyak salah akhir-akhir ini.
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Like a lot.
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Banyak.
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So I couldn't figure out
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Jadi saya tidak bisa memutuskan
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what to read today.
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apa yang akan saya baca hari ini.
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I mean, I've been saying I've been prepping.
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Maksud saya, saya selalu berkata saya sudah bersiap diri.
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What that means is prepping my outfit,
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Artinya saya menyiapkan baju
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(Laughter)
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(Tawa)
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prepping options,
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menyiapkan pilihan,
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trying to figure out what I'm coming behind
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berusaha mencari tahu saya tampil setelah apa
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and going in front of.
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dan sebelum apa.
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Poetry does that.
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Puisi memang begitu;
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It preps you. It aims you.
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Puisi menyiapkan, mengarahkan.
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So I am going to read a poem
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Jadi saya akan membacakan sebuah puisi
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that was chosen just now.
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yang baru saja dipilih.
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But I'm going to need you
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Tapi saya ingin Anda
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to just sit for like 10 minutes
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untuk duduk sekitar 10 menit
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and hold a woman who is not here.
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sambil memeluk seorang wanita yang tidak ada di sini.
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Hold her now
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Peluklah dia sekarang
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with you.
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bersama Anda.
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You don't need to say her name out loud, you can just hold her.
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Tidak perlu Anda sebutkan namanya keras-keras, peluk saja dia.
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Are you holding her?
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Anda sudah memeluknya?
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This is "Break Clustered."
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Inilah "Break Clustered." (Patah Setandan)
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All holy history banned.
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Semua sejarah suci dilarang.
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Unwritten books predicted the future, projected the past.
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Buku tak tertulis meramal masa depan, melontar masa lalu.
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But my head unwraps
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Tapi pikiranku terkelupas
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around what appears limitless,
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di seputar apa yang nampak tak berbatas,
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man's creative violence.
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kekerasan kreatif buatan manusia.
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Whose son shall it be?
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Anak siapa berikutnya?
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Which male child will perish a new day?
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Anak lelaki mana yang akan sirna di hari baru?
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Our boys' deaths galvanize.
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Kematian anak-anak kita menggairahkan.
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We cherish corpses.
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Jasad kita agungkan.
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We mourn women, complicated.
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Kita berkabung untuk perempuan, rumit.
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Bitches get beat daily.
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Perempuan jalang kelelahan tiap hari.
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Profits made, prophets ignored.
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Nabi dibuat, nabi diabaikan.
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War and tooth, enameled salted lemon childhoods.
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Perang dan gigi melapuri masa kecil berasam garam.
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All colors run, none of us solid.
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Semua warna luntur, tak seorang pun kuat.
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Don't look for shadow behind me. I carry it within.
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Jangan cari bayangan di belakangku. Aku membawanya di dalam.
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I live cycles of light and darkness.
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Aku hidup dalam lingkaran terang dan gelap.
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Rhythm is half silence.
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Irama itu setengahnya sunyi.
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I see now, I never was one and not the other.
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Kutahu sekarang, tak pernah aku ini satu tapi bukan yang lainnya.
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Sickness, health, tender violence.
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Sakit, sehat, kekerasan yang lembut.
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I think now I never was pure.
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Kupikir sekarang, aku tak pernah suci.
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Before form I was storm,
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Sebelum terbentuk aku ini badai,
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blind, ign'ant -- still am.
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buta, bodoh -- hingga kini.
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Human contracted itself blind, malignant.
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Umat manusia tertular dirinya buta, ganas.
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I never was pure.
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Aku tak pernah suci.
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Girl spoiled before ripened.
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Gadis ternoda sebelum matang.
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Language can't math me.
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Bahasa tak bisa menghitungku.
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I experience exponentially.
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Aku mengalami berlipat-lipat.
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Everything is everything.
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Semua adalah semua.
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One woman loses 15, maybe 20, members of her family.
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Satu wanita kehilangan 15, mungkin 20, anggota keluarganya.
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One woman loses six.
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Satu wanita kehilangan enam.
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One woman loses her head.
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Satu wanita kehilangan akal.
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One woman searches rubble. One woman feeds on trash.
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Satu wanita mengais reruntuhan. Satu wanita makan sampah.
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One woman shoots her face. One woman shoots her husband.
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Satu wanita menembak wajahnya. Satu wanita menembak suaminya.
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One woman straps herself.
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Satu wanita mengikat dirinya.
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One woman gives birth to a baby.
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Satu wanita melahirkan bayi.
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One woman gives birth to borders.
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Satu wanita melahirkan batas.
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One woman no longer believes love will ever find her.
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Satu wanita tak lagi percaya cinta akan menemukannya.
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One woman never did.
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Satu wanita tak pernah menemukan cinta.
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Where do refugee hearts go?
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Ke mana perginya hati para pengungsi?
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Broken, dissed,
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Patah, diserapahi,
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placed where they're not from, don't want to be missed.
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ditempatkan di tempat bukan asalnya, tak ingin dirindukan.
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Faced with absence.
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Dihadapkan pada kehampaan.
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We mourn each one
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Kita berkabung untuk setiap mereka
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or we mean nothing at all.
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atau kita tak berarti apa-apa.
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My spine curves spiral.
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Tulang punggungku melengkung berpilin.
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Precipice running to and running from human beings.
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Bahaya lari menuju dan beranjak dari orang-orang.
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Cluster bombs left behind.
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Bom tandan tertinggal.
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De facto landmines.
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Ranjau nyata.
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A smoldering grief.
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Kesedihan menyala-nyala.
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Harvest contaminated tobacco.
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Menuai tembakau tercemar.
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Harvest bombs.
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Menuai bom.
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Harvest baby teeth.
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Menuai gigi susu.
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Harvest palms, smoke.
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Menuai telapak tangan, asap.
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Harvest witness, smoke.
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Menuai saksi, asap.
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Resolutions, smoke.
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Penyelesaian, asap.
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Salvation, smoke.
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Keselamatan, asap.
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Redemption, smoke.
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Penebusan, asap.
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Breathe.
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Bernafas.
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Do not fear
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Jangan takuti
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what has blown up.
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apa yang sudah meledak.
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If you must,
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Bila harus,
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fear the unexploded.
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takuti yang belum meledak.
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Thank you.
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Terima kasih.
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(Applause)
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(Tepuk tangan)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Suheir Hammad - Poet, playwrightIn her poems and plays, Suheir Hammad blends the stories and sounds of her Palestinian-American heritage with the vibrant language of Brooklyn to create a passionately modern voice.
Why you should listen
Suheir Hammad is the author of Breaking Poems, recipient of a 2009 American Book Award and the Arab American Book award for Poetry 2009. Her other books are ZaatarDiva; Born Palestinian, Born Black; and Drops of This Story. Her work has been widely anthologized and also adapted for theater.
Her produced plays include Blood Trinity and breaking letter(s), and she wrote the libretto for the multimedia performance Re-Orientalism. An original writer and performer in the Tony-winning Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, Suheir appears in the 2008 Cannes Film Festival Official Selection Salt of This Sea. She is the Artist in Residency at the NYU’s APA Institute for 2010.
Suheir Hammad | Speaker | TED.com