Nizar Qabbani: Still (From Arabic)

Still 

By Nizar Qabbani 

Translated by A.Z. Foreman 

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  You are still, my traveling dear, 

Still after these ten years, 

Still stuck in my side, like a spear. 

The Original:

ما زلت

نزار قباني

 ما زلت يا مسافرة 

ما زلت بعد السنة العاشرة 

مزروعة...كالرمح في الخاصرة