Filmed by Pamela Robertson-Pearce for the DVD anthology from Bloodaxe Books, In Person: 30 Poets, edited by Neil Astley. I was especially impressed by the way Ali’s translator, Peter Cole (So What: New and Selected Poems 1971-2005), translates something of his reading style into English in the second half of the video.
For a few more online poems by Taha Muhammad Ali in English, see his page at Poetry International Web.
I liked the way Cole read it too – similar to how Taha Muhammad Ali reads it, but slightly more musical. At least to my monolingual ear. :)
The rising and falling voice of the wind….