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Mohamed Bachkar
Toppling down
Fear not my toppling downWhich schisms melodised
In their scale’s flute
Or my singing
Which in heaven
Measures my wounds
With the stab of its beak;
For like a foetus I am
Despite
Women’s stoning me
With the moons in their breasts
© Translation: 2004, Norddine Zouitni
TOPPLING DOWN
© 2002, Mohamed Bouchkar
From: Khabtu Tair
Publisher: Dar Attakafa, Casablanca
From: Khabtu Tair
Publisher: Dar Attakafa, Casablanca
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TOPPLING DOWN
From: Khabtu Tair
Toppling down
Fear not my toppling downWhich schisms melodised
In their scale’s flute
Or my singing
Which in heaven
Measures my wounds
With the stab of its beak;
For like a foetus I am
Despite
Women’s stoning me
With the moons in their breasts
© 2004, Norddine Zouitni
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