تغييرات

I gave birth to life.

I gave birth to life.

It went out of my entrails

It went out of my entrails

and asks for the sacrifice of my life

and asks for the sacrifice of my life

as does an Aztec deity.

as does an Aztec deity.

I lean over a little puppet,

I lean over a little puppet,

we look at each other

we look at each other

with four eyes.

with four eyes.

"You are not going to defeat me," I say.

"You are not going to defeat me," I say.

"I won't be an egg which you would crack

"I won't be an egg which you would crack

in a hurry for the world,

in a hurry for the world,

a footbridge that you would take on the way to your life.

a footbridge that you would take on the way to your life.

I will defend myself."

I will defend myself."

I lean over a little puppet,

I lean over a little puppet,

I notice

I notice

a tiny movement of a tiny finger

a tiny movement of a tiny finger

which a little while ago was still in me,

which a little while ago was still in me,

in which, under a thin skin,

in which, under a thin skin,

my own blood flows.

my own blood flows.

And suddenly I am flooded

And suddenly I am flooded

by a high, luminous wave

by a high, luminous wave

of humility.

of humility.

Powerless, I drown.<ref>الترجمة الإنجليزية للقصيدة كاملة. تاريخ الاسترجاع 8 يوليو 2018، [http://www.ronnowpoetry.com/contents/swir/Maternity.html مسار الاسترجاع]. </ref>  

 

Powerless, I drown.<ref>الترجمة الإنجليزية للقصيدة كاملة. تاريخ الاسترجاع 8 يوليو 2018، [http://www.ronnowpoetry.com/contents/swir/Maternity.html مسار الاسترجاع]. </ref>

==الترجمة العربية==  

==الترجمة العربية==  

قامت المترجمة إيمان مرسال بنشر مقطع من القصيدة مترجم إلى العربية مرفقًا بمقالها "[[وثيقة:عن الأمومة والعنف|عن الأمومة والعنف]]".

قامت المترجمة إيمان مرسال بنشر مقطع من القصيدة مترجم إلى العربية مرفقًا بمقالها "[[وثيقة:عن الأمومة والعنف|عن الأمومة والعنف]]".