Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2012
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Your voice cuts the chest of the silence / The grain of wheat / And breaks through our ears and makes them submit to it / You hate to stay buried / Break the lock of the question of the “reservoir” / And go out / And give birth every day even to an ear.” (Rushdi al-Madhi)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“صوتك يشرح صدر الصّمت / حبّة القمح / ويشقّ آذاننا له ممتثلة / أنت تكرهين البقاء مدفونة / اكسري قفل تساؤل “الخزان” / واخرجي / ولدي كلّ يوم ولو سنبلة.” (رشدي الماضي)