Mirror For The Twentieth Century
By Adunis
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
By Adunis
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
A coffin clad with a child's face
A book
Written in a crow's guts
A beast coming out, carrying a flower
Written in a crow's guts
A beast coming out, carrying a flower
A rock
Breathing in a lunatic's lungs
Breathing in a lunatic's lungs
This is it
This is the Twentieth Century.
The Original:
مرآةٌ للقرن العشرين
ادونيس
تابوتٌ يُلبَسُ وجْهَ الطفل
كِتابْ
يُكتَبُ في أحشاءِ غُرابْ
وَحْشٌ يتَقَدَّم، يحمل زهرهْ
صَخْرَهْ
تتنفّسُ في رئتيْ مجنونْ:
هو ذا
هو ذا القرن العشرونْ.
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