آهٍ أيَّـــار
ومضات ريتاويّة
Oh, May!
Flash Poems
-1-
حتّى المرآة.. تتوقُ أن تُطِلَّ ثانية عليها
Even the mirror, dreams of your second appearance.
-2-
أحملُ أوراقكَ في حقيبتي وأمضي ..بكَ إليَّ
I hide your papers in my purse and..go with you..to me.
-3-
أنظرُ في عينيك .. فأراني.
ينظرون في عينيّ.. فيرون البحر.
I look in your eyes.. I see me.
They look in my eyes, they see a sea.
-4-
غيمة من الحنين..آه لو تُمطِرْ ...!
A cloud of yearning.
Only if it just rains!
-5-
أنا وأنتَ .. وجهان للغة واحدة
We are two faces of one... language.
-6-
خطوة
خطوة..
نصعدُ
إلى
غابات
اللهفة
Step
by
step..
we
climb
till
the
forest
of
eagerness
-7-
وأنا.. معكَ.. يمرّ.. بي .. قطارُ ..الوقتِ .. دونَ.. أن.. يمزقني..
While..I..am..with..you..the..train..of..TIME..passes..without..tearing..me..up..
-8-
قهوةُ الصّباح ترتشف
أرتشفُ أمواجَ حنيني اليك.
You sip your morning coffee.
I sip my yearning to you.
-9-
تمضي..
أحسدُ الزقاقَ أنّهُ
عانقَ
ولو لحظة
خطواتك
المغادرة
As you go away,
I envy the path
which could hug your
departing steps.
-10-
صوتُكَ :
خبزيَ اليوميّ
Your voice is my daily bread.
-11-
أعطني منَ الحنين
كفافَ فرحي..!
Give me enough yearing sufficient to make me elated.
-12-
الغريب
الذي التقيت
كانَ:
أنا
The stranger whom I met was...me.
-13-
كأنَّ حقلا منَ البنفسج مرَّ بي حينَ مررتَ...!
مضيتَ..
وظلَّ الصدّى ...!
As if a field of violets passed by me...! You disappeared, but, the echo lingered.
-14-
تمرُّ بالبالِ
فيُورقُ البنفسجُ
While thinking of you, the violets bloom.
-15-
عناقيدُ العنب
كانت الشاهدة الوحيدة
على حكاية
لم تبدأ
بعد
!
The vine was the only witness of a story which hasn't yet started.
May1, 2013
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Imaginary Garden with Real Toads
I appreciate it if you tell me which poem is your favourite.
Tell me that you wrote these over time and not all at once, all these little prisms that show more than they seem!? My favorites are 6, 7, and 8--I love the rising into love. I have only seen one similar progression of love poems in my life, in a Mayan language "Mayan Hearts" which was hand-printed at Taller Lenateros in Chiapas, Mexico. I wish I could send it to you. Here is one: "You perfume my heart" (To please: Xamuibtasbon kolonton). Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI wrote all of them on May1, 2013. I am glad that you like them for I like this this genre. It is so nice that you told me which ones you like. If it is possible to send me a copy of the book you mentioned, I will give you my email. If not, try to copy one or two poems from it so that we get an idea. Thanks .
DeleteI love this line:
ReplyDelete"Even the mirror, dreams of your second appearance."
K
Many readers on my facebook page chose this, too. Thanks for telling me your opinion, Kay.
ReplyDeleteI can't pick just one! The first and the last are my favorites!
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