Where do you come from?
Poem
Souvenir
J’étais né, je devins aussitôt lourd,
J’étais léger, aussitôt j’étais écrasé par le poids de la vie.
Je ne pus résister, je poussai un cri.
Le cri de l’espérance. Le cri de la souffrance.
Le cri de l’existence.
J’étais entré dans le monde.
Jean-Claude Holmey
Memory
I was born, I immediately became heavy,
I used to be light, I now felt the weight of life.
I could not resist, I uttered a cry.
The cry of hope. The cry of pain.
The cry of life.
I had entered into the world.
Jean-Claude Holmey (translated by François Holmey)
Listen
Read by Youness Bouzinab
Music
Nana de Sevilla, Federico García Lorca
Aglaia Trio
Image
Baby, Baldassare Franceschini
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington