Thursday, October 26, 2006

Before I Sleep

Iman Mersal In Perfect Happiness

Translated from the Arabic by Khaled Mattawa

Before I sleep
I will take the phone to bed
and talk to them about many things
to make sure they are really there,
that they have dates for the weekend,
and enough security
that makes them fear old age
and makes them sometimes lie.

I will make sure they are really there
in perfect happiness,
and that I am alone
and that the morning is possible
as long as there are new resentments.

Source: http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article.php?lab=InPerfectHappiness

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