“Hurlements d’une montagne qui accouche”
Read the English-language translation, “Shrieks from a mountain giving birth” by Emilie Moorhouse.
This poem is part of “When Can I See You Again: The Poetry of Joyce Mansour,” translated by Emilie Moorhouse. You can read the rest of the portfolio in the June 2023 issue. The poems in the original French are copyright © 1953, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2014, 2023 by Cyrille Mansour for the Estate of Joyce Mansour.