Poem
Fatima Zahra Bennis
Forgetting
I recall only the cup that thirsted for meThe impassioned whispering
The clamorous moment
I remember only the soul prayer
Inside the body temple
I recall only a blooming garden
A soil that couldn’t have enough of my running
And a sun that conspired with my lying
I remember only Virginia Woolf’s room
A lesson on love
And another lesson on madness.
© Translation: 2018, Norddine Zouitni
نسيان
نسيان
لا أتذكر إلا الكأس العطشى إلي
والهمس المتقد
واللحظة الضاجة
لا أتذكر إلا صلاة روحي
في معبد جسدها
لا أتذكر إلا حديقة زاهية
تربة لا تشبع من ركضي
وشمسا تتواطأ مع كذبتي
لا أتذكر إلا غرفة فيرجينيا وولف
ودرسا في الحب
وآخر في الجنون
والهمس المتقد
واللحظة الضاجة
لا أتذكر إلا صلاة روحي
في معبد جسدها
لا أتذكر إلا حديقة زاهية
تربة لا تشبع من ركضي
وشمسا تتواطأ مع كذبتي
لا أتذكر إلا غرفة فيرجينيا وولف
ودرسا في الحب
وآخر في الجنون
© 2016, Fatima Zahra Bennis
From: ‘Ala Hafati ‘umrin Harib/On the Edge of a Fleeting Life,
Publisher: Dar El Badaoui, Tunis
From: ‘Ala Hafati ‘umrin Harib/On the Edge of a Fleeting Life,
Publisher: Dar El Badaoui, Tunis
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Forgetting
I recall only the cup that thirsted for meThe impassioned whispering
The clamorous moment
I remember only the soul prayer
Inside the body temple
I recall only a blooming garden
A soil that couldn’t have enough of my running
And a sun that conspired with my lying
I remember only Virginia Woolf’s room
A lesson on love
And another lesson on madness.
© 2018, Norddine Zouitni
From: ‘Ala Hafati ‘umrin Harib/On the Edge of a Fleeting Life,
From: ‘Ala Hafati ‘umrin Harib/On the Edge of a Fleeting Life,
Forgetting
I recall only the cup that thirsted for meThe impassioned whispering
The clamorous moment
I remember only the soul prayer
Inside the body temple
I recall only a blooming garden
A soil that couldn’t have enough of my running
And a sun that conspired with my lying
I remember only Virginia Woolf’s room
A lesson on love
And another lesson on madness.
© 2018, Norddine Zouitni
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