Let me arrive
Now as I pass on the road
I see the one night fastened
to its day. I speak
and am silent,
then speak again
as I pass on the road.
With silence,
I make my glances laugh
waiting for the voice
that comes from within
to disperse the misty mirages
and let me pass.
O let me arrive,
smelling the sunset breeze
running over the dusty road
toward childhood,
gathering my memories in a sack
and covering my head
with the aspirations
that never found a road
and slept in the shade.
Doubts
Am I to hear
the echo
whenever I call,
forget the thought
and run?
If somebody
would only come,
it was said,
come to look
through the window
there!
Am I to call
constantly
when the light
is out
and the wind comes
from far away?
The shadow squats
in the corner
and sadness runs
ahead of us
to pluck the fruit.
Translated by Sargon
Boulus and reprinted from Banipal No 3
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