Pace, Salma, e pace
a chi sosta un poco
ad al-Hima. Giusto
per uno come me salutarti.
L'avrebbe ferita
rendere il saluto?
ah ma una statuina
dea è fuori controllo.
Andarono quando notte
calò le sue tende a pieghe.
Dissi di un amante
strano e perduto.
Circondato dalla nostalgia
colpito dalle frecce
preso sempre di mira
ovunque vada.
Lei sorrise, i denti in mostra.
Lampi scoccarono.
Non seppi dire chi dei due
bucasse il buio.
Non è abbastanza, disse lei
che io sia nel suo cuore
dove ogni momento mi vede,
sì o no?
English
version by Michael A. Sells
Original Language Arabic
Original Language Arabic
Peace, Salma, and peace
to those who halt awhile
at al-Hima. It is right
for one like me to greet you.
Would it have hurt her
to return the greeting?
Ah, but a statuette
goddess is beyond control.
They left as night
let its curtains down in folds.
I told them of a lover
strange and lost,
Surrounded by yearnings,
struck by their arrows
on target always,
wherever he goes.
She smiled, showing her side teeth.
Lightning flashed.
I couldn't tell which of the two
split the darkness.
Isn't it enough she said
I am in his heart
where each moment he sees me,
isn't it, no?
to those who halt awhile
at al-Hima. It is right
for one like me to greet you.
Would it have hurt her
to return the greeting?
Ah, but a statuette
goddess is beyond control.
They left as night
let its curtains down in folds.
I told them of a lover
strange and lost,
Surrounded by yearnings,
struck by their arrows
on target always,
wherever he goes.
She smiled, showing her side teeth.
Lightning flashed.
I couldn't tell which of the two
split the darkness.
Isn't it enough she said
I am in his heart
where each moment he sees me,
isn't it, no?
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