Honeymoon

Elias Sadaq, translated by Denver David Robinson

I write to the learned Sufi
the rabbi
the imam and the shaman
on WhatsApp
whom I now have to pay
my dowry
I am possessed
the angels will not enter
this home
the djinns move freely
by my bed
a hookah stands and bubbles
blue mist
into my lover’s mouth

About the Author

Elias Sadaq

Elias Sadaq (b. 1994, Aarhus, Denmark) is a poet and playwright. He holds a BFA in Theatre and Performance Making (Playwriting) from the Danish National School of Performing Arts. His critically acclaimed poetry collection Djinn (Gyldendal, 2024) has been described as a pioneering work in queer literature. He adapted Djinn for the stage at Blaagaard Teater in Copenhagen in 2025. Sadaq has received grants from the Danish Arts Foundation and was nominated for the Prisma Nordic Literature Award for Djinn. He is writer-in-residence at the University of Southern Denmark (2025–26) and a profiled artist at Teater Momentum in Odense.

About the Translator

Denver David Robinson

Denver David Robinson’s work has appeared in The Mesquite Branch, Buckman Journal, The New York Times, Vice, and elsewhere. He has received an Oregon Literary Fellowship in Nonfiction, GLAAD’s Outstanding Digital Journalism—Multimedia Award, and the Richard J. Margolis Award for nonfiction writers of social justice.

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