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Joyce Mansour (author) was born in England in 1928 to a Jewish family of Syrian descent who moved to Egypt when she was still an infant. Mansour was part of the inner circle of Surrealists, a close friend of André Breton, and the most significant poet to join the group after World War II. She wrote 16 books of poetry, as well as prose, works, and plays. She lived in Paris, France until her death in 1986 at age of 58.
Emilie Moorhouse (translator & co-editor) holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia. Raised in a French-speaking household in Toronto, Canada, she now lives in Montreal where she works as a teacher, writer, translator, and environmentalist.
Garrett Caples (editor) is a poet and an editor for City Lights Books, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series. He is also the co-editor of the Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia, editor of Preserving Fire: Selected Prose by Philip Lamantia, and author of the poetry collection Lovers of Today (2021). He lives in San Francisco, CA.
Translator’s Introduction
Editorial Note
Cris (1953) / Screams
“Je te soulève dans mes bras”
“I lift you in my arms”
“L’amazone mangeait son dernier sein.”
“The amazon was eating her last breast”
“Chien bleu nez enfoncé dans la terre”
“Blue dog whose nose is buried in the sand”
“Je veux me montrer nue à tes yeux chantants.”
“I want to be naked in your singing eyes.”
“Ton enfant dans tes bras.”
“Your child in your arms”
“Fièvre ton sexe est un crabe”
“Fever your sex is a crab”
“Une femme créait le soleil”
“A woman created the sun”
“Couchée sur mon lit”
“Lying on my bed”
“J’ai un esprit inquiet.”
“I have a worried mind”
“Combien d’amours ont fait crier ton lit?”
“How many loves made your bed cry out?”
“Coquillage qui traîne sur une plage déserte”
“Seashell lying on an empty beach”
“Que mes seins te provoquent”
“May my breasts provoke you”
Déchirures (1955) / Shreds
“La mort est une marguerite qui dort”
“Death is a daisy sleeping”
“J’ai volé l’oiseau jaune”
“I stole the yellow bird”
“Invitez-moi à passer la nuit dans votre bouche”
“Invite me to spend the night in your mouth”
“Dans le monde sans verdure”
“In a world without greenery”
“Hurlements d’une montagne”
“Shrieks from a mountain giving birth”
“Je suis la nuit”
“I am the night”
“C’était hier:”
“It was yesterday.”
“La nappe rouge”
“The red tablecloth”
“Pleure petit homme”
“Cry little man”
“Danse avec moi petit violoncelle”
“Dance with me, little cello”
“La marée monte sous la pleine lune des aveugles.”
“The tide is rising under the full moon of the blind.”
“Je veux dormir avec toi coude à coude”
“I want to sleep with you elbow to elbow”
“L’orage tire une marge argentée”
“The storm draws a silver line”
poems from BIEF (1958–1960)
Le Missel de la Miss (Bonnes Nuits) / The Missel of the Missus (Good Nights)
i) Quelques Conseils En Courant Sur Quatre Roues
i) Advice for Running on Four Wheels
ii) Il Fait Foid? Une Robe S’impose
ii) Cold Out? A Dress Is Essential
iii) Lignes Autour D’un Cercle
iii) Lines Around a Circle
Genève
Geneva
Conseils Pratiques en Attendant
Practical Advice While You Wait
Ce Qui Se Porte Cet Hiver
What to Wear This Winter
Ce Qui Ne Se Porte Pas Cet Hiver
What Not to Wear This Winter
Conseils d’une Consœur
Advice from a Sister
Rapaces (1960) / Birds of Prey
Rhabdomancie
Dowsing
Chant Arabe
Arab Song
Carré Blanc (1965) / White Square
I : “Où le Bas Blesse” / I: Where the Shoe Hurts
Dans L’obscurité A Gauche
In the Dark to the Left
Leger Comme Une Navette Le Désir
Light as a Shuttle Desire
L’appel Amer d’un Sanglot
The Bitter Call of Tears
Dans Le Sillage Du Mont-Arbois
In the Wake of Mont-Arbois
Nuit De Veille Dans Une Cellule En Cristal De Roche
Sleepless Nights in a Cell of Rock Crystal
Le Soleil Dans Le Capricorne
Sun in Capricorn
II : “L’Heure Erogene” / II: “The Erogenous Hour”
Fleurie Comme La Luxure
Flowered Like Lewdness
Séance Tenante
Right Away
Papier D’argent
Tin Foil
L’Amoureuse Guerriere
Woman Warrior in Love
Souvenir Impose par le Nord au Sud Vaincu
Memories Imposed by the North on a Conquered South
Sous la Tour Centrale
Under the Central Tower
III : “Verres Fumés” / III: “Smoked Glasses”
L’Heure Velue
The Hairy Hour
La Piste du Brouillard
The Path of Fog
La Facade de l’Obsession
The Face of Obsession
Heureux les Étourdis
Happy Are the Stunned
Des Myriads d’Autres Morts
A Myriad of More Deaths
Sonne n’Écoute Personne n’Écoute Per
One Listen to No One Listen to No
Les Damnations (1967) / Damnations
Au-Dela de la House
Beyond the Swell
Minuit à Perte de Vue
Endlessly Midnight
Pandémonium (1976) / Pandemonium
Jasmin d’Hiver (1982) / Winter Jasmine
Flammes Immobiles (1985) / Still Flames
“Ne jamais dire son rêve”
“Never share your dream”
“Les eaux de ce pays-là ne s’écoulent jamais”
“The waters of that country never flow”
“Brûler l’encense dans la quiétude”
“To burn incense in the quiet of a room”
Trous Noirs (1986) / Black Holes
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Lyrik & Dramatik |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780872869011 |
| ISBN-10: | 0872869016 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Mansour, Joyce |
| Redaktion: | Caples, Garrett |
| Übersetzung: | Moorhouse, Emilie |
| Hersteller: | City Lights Books |
| Maße: | 213 x 152 x 18 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Joyce Mansour |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.09.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,332 kg |
Joyce Mansour (author) was born in England in 1928 to a Jewish family of Syrian descent who moved to Egypt when she was still an infant. Mansour was part of the inner circle of Surrealists, a close friend of André Breton, and the most significant poet to join the group after World War II. She wrote 16 books of poetry, as well as prose, works, and plays. She lived in Paris, France until her death in 1986 at age of 58.
Emilie Moorhouse (translator & co-editor) holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia. Raised in a French-speaking household in Toronto, Canada, she now lives in Montreal where she works as a teacher, writer, translator, and environmentalist.
Garrett Caples (editor) is a poet and an editor for City Lights Books, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series. He is also the co-editor of the Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia, editor of Preserving Fire: Selected Prose by Philip Lamantia, and author of the poetry collection Lovers of Today (2021). He lives in San Francisco, CA.
Translator’s Introduction
Editorial Note
Cris (1953) / Screams
“Je te soulève dans mes bras”
“I lift you in my arms”
“L’amazone mangeait son dernier sein.”
“The amazon was eating her last breast”
“Chien bleu nez enfoncé dans la terre”
“Blue dog whose nose is buried in the sand”
“Je veux me montrer nue à tes yeux chantants.”
“I want to be naked in your singing eyes.”
“Ton enfant dans tes bras.”
“Your child in your arms”
“Fièvre ton sexe est un crabe”
“Fever your sex is a crab”
“Une femme créait le soleil”
“A woman created the sun”
“Couchée sur mon lit”
“Lying on my bed”
“J’ai un esprit inquiet.”
“I have a worried mind”
“Combien d’amours ont fait crier ton lit?”
“How many loves made your bed cry out?”
“Coquillage qui traîne sur une plage déserte”
“Seashell lying on an empty beach”
“Que mes seins te provoquent”
“May my breasts provoke you”
Déchirures (1955) / Shreds
“La mort est une marguerite qui dort”
“Death is a daisy sleeping”
“J’ai volé l’oiseau jaune”
“I stole the yellow bird”
“Invitez-moi à passer la nuit dans votre bouche”
“Invite me to spend the night in your mouth”
“Dans le monde sans verdure”
“In a world without greenery”
“Hurlements d’une montagne”
“Shrieks from a mountain giving birth”
“Je suis la nuit”
“I am the night”
“C’était hier:”
“It was yesterday.”
“La nappe rouge”
“The red tablecloth”
“Pleure petit homme”
“Cry little man”
“Danse avec moi petit violoncelle”
“Dance with me, little cello”
“La marée monte sous la pleine lune des aveugles.”
“The tide is rising under the full moon of the blind.”
“Je veux dormir avec toi coude à coude”
“I want to sleep with you elbow to elbow”
“L’orage tire une marge argentée”
“The storm draws a silver line”
poems from BIEF (1958–1960)
Le Missel de la Miss (Bonnes Nuits) / The Missel of the Missus (Good Nights)
i) Quelques Conseils En Courant Sur Quatre Roues
i) Advice for Running on Four Wheels
ii) Il Fait Foid? Une Robe S’impose
ii) Cold Out? A Dress Is Essential
iii) Lignes Autour D’un Cercle
iii) Lines Around a Circle
Genève
Geneva
Conseils Pratiques en Attendant
Practical Advice While You Wait
Ce Qui Se Porte Cet Hiver
What to Wear This Winter
Ce Qui Ne Se Porte Pas Cet Hiver
What Not to Wear This Winter
Conseils d’une Consœur
Advice from a Sister
Rapaces (1960) / Birds of Prey
Rhabdomancie
Dowsing
Chant Arabe
Arab Song
Carré Blanc (1965) / White Square
I : “Où le Bas Blesse” / I: Where the Shoe Hurts
Dans L’obscurité A Gauche
In the Dark to the Left
Leger Comme Une Navette Le Désir
Light as a Shuttle Desire
L’appel Amer d’un Sanglot
The Bitter Call of Tears
Dans Le Sillage Du Mont-Arbois
In the Wake of Mont-Arbois
Nuit De Veille Dans Une Cellule En Cristal De Roche
Sleepless Nights in a Cell of Rock Crystal
Le Soleil Dans Le Capricorne
Sun in Capricorn
II : “L’Heure Erogene” / II: “The Erogenous Hour”
Fleurie Comme La Luxure
Flowered Like Lewdness
Séance Tenante
Right Away
Papier D’argent
Tin Foil
L’Amoureuse Guerriere
Woman Warrior in Love
Souvenir Impose par le Nord au Sud Vaincu
Memories Imposed by the North on a Conquered South
Sous la Tour Centrale
Under the Central Tower
III : “Verres Fumés” / III: “Smoked Glasses”
L’Heure Velue
The Hairy Hour
La Piste du Brouillard
The Path of Fog
La Facade de l’Obsession
The Face of Obsession
Heureux les Étourdis
Happy Are the Stunned
Des Myriads d’Autres Morts
A Myriad of More Deaths
Sonne n’Écoute Personne n’Écoute Per
One Listen to No One Listen to No
Les Damnations (1967) / Damnations
Au-Dela de la House
Beyond the Swell
Minuit à Perte de Vue
Endlessly Midnight
Pandémonium (1976) / Pandemonium
Jasmin d’Hiver (1982) / Winter Jasmine
Flammes Immobiles (1985) / Still Flames
“Ne jamais dire son rêve”
“Never share your dream”
“Les eaux de ce pays-là ne s’écoulent jamais”
“The waters of that country never flow”
“Brûler l’encense dans la quiétude”
“To burn incense in the quiet of a room”
Trous Noirs (1986) / Black Holes
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Lyrik & Dramatik |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780872869011 |
| ISBN-10: | 0872869016 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Mansour, Joyce |
| Redaktion: | Caples, Garrett |
| Übersetzung: | Moorhouse, Emilie |
| Hersteller: | City Lights Books |
| Maße: | 213 x 152 x 18 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Joyce Mansour |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.09.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,332 kg |
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