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Wadih Sa’adeh

His Face

He sketched his own face and saw
that it looked like someone else.
He added lines and shading,
zigzags,
open squares,
roads . . .
He ripped it to pieces
and disappeared.

وجهه

وجهه


رسمَ وجهَهُ ورآه
يشبهُ وجهًا آخرَ
أضافَ خطوطًا وملامحَ
أضافَ تعرُّجاتٍ
ساحاتٍ
طُرُقاتٍ
... مزَّقَ الورقةَ
واختفى
Wadih Sa’adeh

Wadih Sa’adeh

(Libanon, 1948)

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وجهه


رسمَ وجهَهُ ورآه
يشبهُ وجهًا آخرَ
أضافَ خطوطًا وملامحَ
أضافَ تعرُّجاتٍ
ساحاتٍ
طُرُقاتٍ
... مزَّقَ الورقةَ
واختفى

His Face

He sketched his own face and saw
that it looked like someone else.
He added lines and shading,
zigzags,
open squares,
roads . . .
He ripped it to pieces
and disappeared.
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