Poem
Wadih Sa’adeh
Shadows
They glided down towards the sea,drifting from their mountains like soft shadows,
in case they woke the grass.
Passing over fields,
some shadows whispered farewell and slept;
others clung to rocks and stretched,
dragging the people back.
As they moved, exhausted,
towards the sea,
the sun above them was
searching for a needle
to stitch them once more, to their shadows.
© Translation: 1997, Anne Fairbairn
From: A Secret Sky
Publisher: Ginninderra Press, Charnwood, Australia, 1997
From: A Secret Sky
Publisher: Ginninderra Press, Charnwood, Australia, 1997
ظلال
ظلال
زحلوا نحوَ الماءِ
منحدرين من جبالهم ظلالاً ناعمةً
لئلاَّ يوقظوا العُشب.
خيالاتُهم حينَ مرَّتْ على الحقولِ
فارقَهُمْ بعضُها ونامَ هناك
وخيالاتٌ تشبَّثَتْ بالصخورِ وانمغطَتْ
وأعادتْهم إليها.
زحلوا حتَّى وصلوا
إلى الماءِ مُنهكين
وفوقَهم كانتِ الشمسُ تبحثُ عن إبرةٍ
لتُعيدَ وَصْلَهُم بالظلال.
منحدرين من جبالهم ظلالاً ناعمةً
لئلاَّ يوقظوا العُشب.
خيالاتُهم حينَ مرَّتْ على الحقولِ
فارقَهُمْ بعضُها ونامَ هناك
وخيالاتٌ تشبَّثَتْ بالصخورِ وانمغطَتْ
وأعادتْهم إليها.
زحلوا حتَّى وصلوا
إلى الماءِ مُنهكين
وفوقَهم كانتِ الشمسُ تبحثُ عن إبرةٍ
لتُعيدَ وَصْلَهُم بالظلال.
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Shadows
They glided down towards the sea,drifting from their mountains like soft shadows,
in case they woke the grass.
Passing over fields,
some shadows whispered farewell and slept;
others clung to rocks and stretched,
dragging the people back.
As they moved, exhausted,
towards the sea,
the sun above them was
searching for a needle
to stitch them once more, to their shadows.
© 1997, Anne Fairbairn
From: A Secret Sky
Publisher: 1997, Ginninderra Press, Charnwood, Australia
From: A Secret Sky
Publisher: 1997, Ginninderra Press, Charnwood, Australia
Shadows
They glided down towards the sea,drifting from their mountains like soft shadows,
in case they woke the grass.
Passing over fields,
some shadows whispered farewell and slept;
others clung to rocks and stretched,
dragging the people back.
As they moved, exhausted,
towards the sea,
the sun above them was
searching for a needle
to stitch them once more, to their shadows.
© 1997, Anne Fairbairn
From: A Secret Sky
Publisher: 1997, Ginninderra Press, Charnwood, Australia
From: A Secret Sky
Publisher: 1997, Ginninderra Press, Charnwood, Australia
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