e-ISSN 2499-5975
Il Tolomeo
Vol. 22 – Dicembre | December | Décembre 2020
13 DOI 10.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2020/01/002
Beirut
Maha Badr, translation by Gregory Dowling
Beirut,
What do you seek from this blaze in the blue sky Are you burning your stones in the delight of fire Are you exploding your white tears of somnolence Are you shattering in red the sweet dream of mirrors Beirut,
You gasp
Are you ashamed of your undone body Are you afraid of the silence of shadows Do you feel the remorse of a feverish fury Beirut,
In the distance
Do you hear the murmur of the debris Do you see the cloudy smoke of chagrin Do you feel grief in the dash of the waves Beirut,
Beirut, Beirut,
In the name of the rose Lighten the cry of the dust
