Kalash
a forbidden city
Kafiristan
pagan tribe
resistance
to the imposed
islamization
without
disappearing
as a result
because the villages
Brir
Bombéreth
and Rambur
always stand
upright
as does a hairdo
which doesn’t abandon
the hair
of a woman
due
to the white shells
the bronze jewelry
and the bells
which transfer
the music
as they pass through.