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October 29, 2008

A poem of a young poet from Egypt

Filed under: Arabic, Egyptian — Tags: , , — romanianbodies @ 12:17 pm

I searched pretty much for  contemporary Arab poetry. Not always the result  has been pleasing. This time I found it at lest interesting.

At this website I found a lot of egyptian literature. I enjoyed this  poem of a young poet.

 

Rana al-Tonsi

A Rose for the Last Days

 

 Rana al-Tonsi

 

On one foot

like a humiliated beggar I limp

past all the swinging doors

and the flags that are taken down from their masts . . .

The sidewalk was never my friend

but it embraced me those times (more…)

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