Spartakus, queer et subversif

English transation of the Jean Genet poem by Mark Spitzer:

Let your smiling wolf teeth rest upon my neck
my neck without armor and without hate
which my hand, lighter and graver than a widow’s
strokes beneath my collar
without even stirring your heart

Oh come my beautiful sun
oh come my night of Spain
arrive before my eyes that die tomorrow
and open my door, bring me your hand
lead me far away from here
to wander in delirium.

The sky may awake, the stars may flourish
the flowers may sigh, and in the meadows
the black grass may welcome the dew
where morning comes to drink
the bell may toll: I alone
am going to die.

Oh come my rose sky, oh come my blond basket!
Visit your prisoner condemned in the night
rip into flesh, kill, climb, bite
but come! Place your cheek
against my round head.

We haven’t yet finished speaking of love
we haven’t yet finished smoking our cigs
we wonder why the Courts condemn
a murderer so beautiful
he pales the day.

Love, come to my mouth! Love, open doors!
descend, walk softly, cross corridors
fly through the stairwell more supple than a shepherd
more borne by the air than a flurry
of dead leaves.

Oh pass through the walls, and if you must
walk to the edge — of rooftops, of oceans
Cover yourself with light, use threats, use prayer
But come, my bitch
an hour before my death.

Fereydoun Farrokhzad, poète et chanteur homosexuel et figure de l’opposition iranienne. Né en 1936, il fut assassiné le 8 août 1992, à Bonn en Allemagne à son domicile. Il fut découpé en morceaux et sa tête et ses testicules envoyés à sa famille.
D’autres vidéos :
Fereydoun Farrokhzad Duet (Iran)
Fereydoun Farrokhzad - Hamrazmanam