De Portretterie: Een Ode aan de Onbekende
Hanneke Paauwe gaat in Antwerpen op zoek naar gezichten die HETPALEIS nog niet heeft gezien.
Voor Omed
If life is a battlefield, I will survive.
If love is a tragedy,
Let’s change the end.
If fanatics rule,
Be a Peshmerga.
If the truth needs a translation,
I’ll be your man.
If genocide’s forgotten
Wake up the world.
If freedom means leaving
I’ll pack my bags.
If marriage means danger,
I’ll separate and be sad.
If paradise means killing
Let me stay in hell.
If religion spreads hatred,
Believe in yourself.
If your photo is fatal
Quit facebook and flee.
If paradise means peace
I say: ‘Open the gates.’
A good story needs sadness
A good life needs love.
Where Romeo loves Julia
Where Shirin loves Farhad
I’ll carve some mountains
Let me find love’s well.
Hanneke Paauwe