This week's poem is by Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf. The poem is read first in English translation by Clare Pollard and then in Somali by Asha herself. UK poet Claire Pollard worked with bridge-translator Maxamed Xasan 'Alto' to translate this poem from Somali.
This month we are celebrating the launch of the anthology, 'So At One With You', an anthology of modern poetry in Somali produced in collaboration with Kayd Somali Arts & Culture and Poetry Translation Centre. Asha's poems can be found within this.
If you enjoy this recording and would like to find out more about Asha and all the other poets we've translated, please visit our website www.poetrytranslation.org.
