1. (وائل شعبو)

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    (Wael Shaʿbo)

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  2. يعفّر الكلمات بفجاجته، ينتفها كأجنحة الذّباب.

    لأنّه وحل، لأنّه وحلٌ مخبوءٌ في

    He dusts the words with his crudeness, plucks them like flies’ wings.

    Because he is mud, because he is mud hidden in

  3. قربتك، ادلقيه، واقلبيه على ظهره

    كبحر، وانظري عضو زرقته.

    your waterskin, pour him out, and turn him onto his back

    like a sea, and look at the organ of his blueness.

  4. خياله يتعرّق في ذاكرتك، كنصلٍ

    ملدوغٍ، بلمعة نظرتك حكّيه،

    His image sweats in your memory, like a blade

    stung; with the gleam of your gaze, rub him,

  5. حكّيه بأنفك.

    الواقف على جروف قلبك، ليأخذ

    rub him with your nose.

    The one standing on the cliffs of your heart, to take

  6. شفاهك من الشّفاه. لم لا تكوني

    جميلةً له...

    your lips from the lips. Why not be

    beautiful for him...

  7. كالعاهرات؟

    اللاذقية /آخر 2005

    like prostitutes?

    Latakia / late 2005