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
- Ad Nepotem by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Robert Burns: Epitaph For Mr. Walter Riddell:
- In My Own Shire, If I Was Sad poem – A. E. Housman
- Михаил Кузмин – Живется нам не плохо
- Омар Хайям – Если любишь, то стойко разлуку терпи
- Pollination by Pamela L. Laskin
- Something by Robert Creeley
- Now What Is Love by Sir Walter Raleigh
- On Imagination by Phillis Wheatley
- Last Turn Of The Morning Carousel/Forever Turn The Midnight Carousel by Matthew Abuelo
- Владимир Солоухин – У тихой речки детство проводя
- The End of the Argument by Martina Reisz Newberry
- Гавриил Державин – Похвала за правосудие
- Алексей Николаевич Толстой – Дафнис подслушивает сов
- The Invisible by Rixa White
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).
