Thank you. Merci. Sasa. Najua kiswahili na yo hablo expanol. I do not
speak french to my dismay. I know some swahili and spanish. Thank you for
the poem. I love the poem. Give us more, give us more.
At 03:42 PM 3/10/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Next time any of you posts something here in English, I'll demand its
>French translation.
>Following is an English translation of the poem "Femme noire, femme
>Africaine" by Camara Laye.
> As someone said, "the translator is a traitor."
>
>TO MY MOTHER
>
>Black woman, woman of Africa, O my mother, I am thinking of you...
>
>O Daman, O my mother, you who bore me upon your back, you who gave me suck,
>you who watched over my first faltering steps, you who were the first to
>open my eyes to the wonders of the earth, I am thinking of you...
>
>Woman of the fields, woman of the rivers, woman of the great river-banks, O
>my mother, I am thinking of you...
>
>O you, Daman, O my mother, you who dried my tears you who filled my heart
>with laughter, you who patiently bore with all my many moods, how I should
>love to be beside you once again, to be a little child beside you!
>
>Woman of great simplicity, woman of great resignation, O my mother I am
>thinking of you...
>
>O Daman, Daman, you of the great family of blacksmiths and goldsmiths, my
>thoughts are always turning towards you, and your own thoughts accompany me
>at every step. O, Daman, my mother, how I should love to be surrounded by
>your loving warmth again, to be a little child beside you...
>
>Black woman, woman of Africa, O my mother, let me thank you; thank you for
>all that you have done for me, your son, who, though so far away, is still
>so close to you!
>
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