We Wrote in Symbols by Selma Dabbagh

We Wrote in Symbols by Selma Dabbagh

Author:Selma Dabbagh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Saqi


Ulayya bint al-Mahdi

Epigram

To love two people is to have it

coming: body nailed to beams,

dismemberment.

But loving one is like observing

religion.

I held out until fever

broke me.

How long can grass

brave fire?

If I did not have hope

that my heart’s master’s

heart might bend to mine,

I would be stranded, no

closer to gate than home.

Translated from Arabic by Yasmine Seale

Mouna Ouafik

Regret is a Belated Conceit

The hot girls whom

You blow upon

Before you sip them

Off the spoon

Remind you of

The one

Who burned

Your tongue

Forever.



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