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Rita Odeh



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Buds of Dream
(2006-2014)
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Under Fallen Leaves, The Butterfly
2015
Rita Odeh









Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Oh, May!









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




Sharing with:
Imaginary Garden with Real Toads


I appreciate it if you tell me which poem is your favourite.


5 comments:

  1. 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!

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    1. I 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 .

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  2. I love this line:
    "Even the mirror, dreams of your second appearance."
    K

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  3. Many readers on my facebook page chose this, too. Thanks for telling me your opinion, Kay.

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  4. I can't pick just one! The first and the last are my favorites!

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