Doll Play ( For all innocent girl children who unwillingly are forced to play the role of adolescents)
I am a girl child, An adult looking girl child, An innocent girl child,
I have never tasted my mother’s milk. I still remember my mum’s breasts, When in such a dark moment, a capricious-bastard was enjoying them, He who seemed to be a man, But was a dastard.
I am a girl child, A disobedient girl. Who against her family’s desire, Is not born as a boy. However it was God’s will. When my umbilical cord was cut, They were full of shame, wishing my death.
I am the symbol of femininity, As a girl, Ascended to the earth.
I am a girl child, A child. From a distant place, Where the doll play is considered as our ancient fashion.
In our tradition: The cardboard-like dolls, are not involved In the blood- night of a wedding.
We endow our nine or ten-year-old girls, To forty-year-old or even older men, Who we really cherish.
Poem: Tania
Akefi Translation: Fraidoon Warasta November 2012
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