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I was ten years old head in the sky


written by Amina Saïd
translated from French by DoubleSpeak Staff

Song for helen


written by Pierre de Ronsard
translated from French by Saagar Asnani

To my mother


written by David Diop
translated from French by Samantha DeStefano

Scissiparity


written by Georges Bataille
translated from French by Cory Austin Knudson

Sonnet 1


written by Théophile Gautier
translated from French by Shiven Sharma

Conversation


written by Charlotte Delbo
translated from French by Rhosean Asmah

[you who cried two thousand years]


written by Charlotte Delbo
translated from French by Rhosean Asmah

Farewell violin


written by Émile Nelligan
translated from French by Aylin Malcolm

Each day the sun slits the throat of its former self


written by Amina Saïd
translated from French by Ashley Sniffen

To a black dancer


written by David Diop
translated from French by Samantha DeStefano

Epitaph for when i die


written by Mariama Ndiaye
translated from French by Donnisa Edmonds

Women


written by Mariama Ndiaye
translated from French by Donnisa Edmonds

Millibars of the storm


written by Aimé Césaire
translated from French by Sue Jia

Eternity


written by Arthur Rimbaud
translated from French by Keshav Sharma

The vultures


written by David Diop
translated from French by Samantha DeStefano

Alcohols: 1909


written by Guillaume Apollinaire
translated from French by Saagar Asnani

Music


written by Marie Krysińska
translated from French by Samantha Pious