Farewell
lest the cells of feelings die
as this moon
will go away
leaving me
for the beasts of the dark
and I’ve woven for him
from the hymns of my heart
love scarves
that the wind flung on the roads
tattered and bleeding
*****
Farewell
for my path is long…
long
Its end is the peak of the impossible
And standing here
under the midday sun
will turn me into
a mass of ash
And I must sit in the shadow…
of a straw
to keep in myself some sense
equal to a straw
*****
Farewell
that I may find me a companion
to sell him
what’s been left
of the legends of an old love
in return for a whisper
a smile
a word
a glance
laugh
any price
1970
(Translated by Nizar Sartawi)
(Translated from Arabic by Nizar Sartawi)
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Юрий Левитанский – Что я знаю про стороны света
- The Death of the Flowers by William Cullen Bryant
- I Am Just Saying! by Luis Estable
- Ольга Высотская – Я зубы стисну, губы закушу
- little Sara’s sleep by Raj Arumugam
- Федор Сологуб – Вильгельм второй
- Sohni and her love Mahinwal by Raj Arumugam
- Омар Хайям – О, не растите дерево печали
- Not My Enemies Ever Invade Me. by Walt Whitman
- Robert Burns: To Mr. M’Adam, Of Craigen-Gillan: In answer to an obliging Letter he sent in the commencement of my poetic career.
- Валерий Брюсов – После смерти Ленина
- Pride and Fury by Mahmoud Darwish
- Another Weeping Woman by Wallace Stevens
- English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 23.1. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
- Psalm 80 poem – John Milton poems
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
