The Fruit-Seller's Philosophy by Kajal Ahmad
'Neighbour!
You're like a fruit knife.
There's never a time
when you're not
at our dinner table.'
This poem is read first in English translation by Mimi Khalvati and then in Kurdish by the poet Choman Hardi.
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