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
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- Single Traveller by P. K. Page
- Do Not Accept by Yehuda Amichai
- Not Here by Rumi
- Annus Memorabilis : Written in Commemoration of His Majesty’s Happy Recovery by William Cowper
- Can Sri Lankan Women Be Creative? Review From A Third World Country!
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- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 58. Farewell! – But Whenever You Welcome the Hour. Томас Мур.
- Robert Burns: Lines On The Author’s Death: Written With The Supposed View Of Being Handed To Rankine After The Poet’s Interment
- Robert Burns: Saw Ye My Dear, My Philly:
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- Robert Burns: Tho’ Cruel Fate Should Bid Us Part:
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- Mid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney
- The Cat in the Kitchen by Robert Bly
- Юлия Друнина – Ялта Чехова
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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).
