Ali Imran - Poet, Writer Ali Imran A Short Bio Ali Imran is a poet and writer based in Washington D.C. In his works, Imran explores the philosophical ideas of thinkers in the Eastern and Western worlds. Having lived and worked in South Asia, Europe, and the United States, Imran has developed a metamodern outlook and writes about an array of challenges like human disconnects, climate change, Nature, the human soul and city life, universal mysteries, and immigrants. He approaches modern themes with a blend of metamodern, mystic, and romantic poetic styles. His journalistic work in several parts of the world has given him an added experience as a writer and poet. Imran’s poem on affinity for peace was selected for a dramatic performance by the World Consciousness Alliance at their 2020 annual event in Washington D.C. Recently, the American University in Washington picked his poem " La Convivencia for our Times" for reading as part of the discussion on the state of arts and culture in Muslim-majority countries. His first book, a translation of an autobiography, will be out shortly. Currently, Imran is compiling a collection of his poems composed over years. Imran's works have appeared in several publications since his college days when he served as student editor of the Murray College magazine in Sialkot, Pakistan. Profilo · Scrittore current affairs analyst presso BBC, CGTN, PTV Precedentemente Washington Correspondent presso Express News Precedentemente Writer presso News and Current Affairs Channel Ha studiato presso Cardiff University/Thomspon Foundation https://atunispoetry.com/2023/05/08/ah-madre-terra-oh-mother-earth-poesia-di-ali-imran/ Oh, Mother Earth! When the summer came We inhaled its blissful morning breeze And frittered away your ores To the loss of our own cores. Little did we care about The deep animistic connections And forgot that we sprouted like plants From Earth’s heavenly womb. Then one day woke up to a nightmare - We will have to summon up All our courage To change our ways. Now, with all the gadgets And logarithms at our command We have become spectators Taking selfies and surfeiting ourselves on industrial fishing. Will we ever learn to unlearn The badged indulgence of our times And protect the gifted Amazons To save our souls, And preserve the planet for our own people Of tomorrow? Copyright: Ali Imran *** Ah, Madre Terra! Quando è arrivata l'estate
Abbiamo inalato la sua carezzevole brezza mattutina
E sprecato i tuoi minerali
Fino alla perdita dei nostri stessi nuclei.
Poco ci interessava
Delle profonde connessioni animistiche
Dimenticando che siamo germogliati come piante
Dal grembo celeste della Terra.
Poi un giorno ci siamo svegliati in preda a un incubo:
- Dovremmo tirar fuori
Tutto il nostro coraggio
Per cambiare le nostre abitudini.
Ora, con tutti i gadget
E la tecnologia al nostro comando
Siamo diventati spettatori
Scattando selfie e abbuffandoci di pesca industriale.
Impareremo mai a disimparare
L'assuefazione dei nostri tempi,
A proteggere le abili Amazzoni per salvare le nostre anime,
E a preservare il pianeta per le generazioni
Di domani? Tradotto da Franca Colozzo |
|
Franca Colozzo
- 09/05/2023 19:10:00
[ leggi altri commenti di Franca Colozzo » ]
This poem is posted on the international poetry magazine ATUNIS, thanks to the poet and editor in Brussels, Agron Shele.
https://atunispoetry.com/2023/05/08/ah-madre-terra-oh-mother-earth-poesia-di-ali-imran/comment-page-1/#comment-35286
|
|
Franca Colozzo
- 09/05/2023 19:03:00
[ leggi altri commenti di Franca Colozzo » ]
Una poesia questa che ho tradotto liberamente, lasciando che il mio pensiero navigasse come vele al vento tra le asperità di questi tempi in cui tanto si parla di sostenibilità, ma poi poco la si mette veramente in pratica.
Ali Imran riesce a coniugare in maniera flessibile la dicotomia che si respira in questo travagliato mondo in preda a cattive abitudini consumistiche con il suo grande amore per la Madre Terra attraverso il suo accorato appello finale.
I translated this poem freely, letting my thoughts sail like sails in the wind among the asperities of these times in which so much is talked about sustainability, but little is really put into practice. The poet Ali Imran manages to combine in a flexible way the dichotomy that reigns in this troubled world prey to bad consumerist habits and his great love for Mother Earth with his heartfelt final appeal.
|
|
|
