Poems
- أجل زلزلت فيك زلزالهاYes—within you the earth was shaken with her quake,
- أحاديثYour eyes hold what has reclaimed my being;
- أحن لتسعة في جوف بطنI yearn for nine months in the depths of a womb,
- أخاديدAfter they departed, they left nothing of you.
- استدعاءات تاريخية للبكاء!You would see death and the dust as life,
- الطين والحياةNothing guarantees that you will live happily.
- المبكيةHad what you suffered been a wound, it would have faded,
- إلى من له الأمرYou keep giving what gratitude cannot encompass,
- اليوم العالمي للغة العربيةIs there still left to us of you a letter and a tanwīn?
- أنا خلاصة أفكار معقدةI am the essence of complex thoughts
- بين الرسائل غارق مسترسلAmong the letters, I am immersed, carried away
- حسدوا عليك أبي فضاق سنيناThey envied my father for having you, so he was distressed for years.
- خلوةI seclude myself with your voice and wicked suspicions,
- رثاء تأخر عن وقته عاما.. عبدالباسط الساروتYour life did not last long, and death is certain.
- سيدة التعبWhy, when you departed, did you not take the memory with you?
- شرودEnjoy the little—if more...
- على نبرةMy heart—I know it—do not feel safe from its danger.
- عودي نعد أيام كنا أصدقاءCome back; let us return to the days when we were friends.
- فتنةAt the doors of a steamship,
- فوضىHow can you survive life and be content?
- في مثل هذا اليومِOn a day like this, years ago,
- قراءة الصمت - في عيون امرأة عاشقةI fear for my heart, while you hold the power.
- كان حلّاWith a heart when you approached, it abandoned
- كوني بخير.. فما أحببت ثانيةBe well... for I have not loved another,
- لا يحسبون لنا حسابا.. حقهم!They take no account of us... and they are right!
- لعلمك لم أعاقب غير نفسيFor your information, I punished no one but myself,
- لعنة الكافYou came to me whispering, transparent like water
- لقد أحببت في عينيك موتيIndeed, I have loved my death in your eyes.
- لقد ضجرت من الدنيا، وما ضجرتI have grown weary of the world, yet it has not grown weary.
- للحب أهل، ولسنا أهله أبداLove has its people, and we are never among them.
- ما لم يقله المتنبيNo shore remains for the ships to return to,
- مُداخلةEven if the heart's judgment is that you are a killer,
- مستوقف، كل الجهات خناجرI am stopped short; every direction is daggers.
- مسراك مغتصب وقومك نومThe site of your night journey is usurped, and your people are asleep.
- مناورةYou cannot kill what we lived through;
- نامت وسهر الشعر معي.. فبعثت لهاO you who have fallen asleep, while I still yearn.
- همسة في أذن القلبYour loud voice, which went unheard,
- وتضيق دنيانا فنحسب أنناAnd our world grows narrow so we reckon
- وفد الحجيج، وفي الجموع قلوبThe pilgrims have come, and amid the crowds are hearts
- يا من تعاتبني حبا لترجعنيO you who reproach me out of love to bring me back,
- يُحدثني البلاءOne day you will remember me
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