poetry · Issue No. 5, May 1950 · p. 19
Beautiful Poetry
الشعر الجميل · الياس نصرَ الله - القرا فلاحي
Nothing remains in the cup but two sips—
O you who set the world dancing on your two palms,
drink them... as for me, passion has folded me up,
and something like death has crept into my arms.
I have become like the oar of a boat
whose boatman, worn out, has let his hands fall slack.
To a mouth
sweeter than the cheek of the moon,
and than the clusters of enchantment,
and than the desires of a lifetime, when weariness has seeped deep into the lifetime—
oh, the sweetness of this mouth upon my mouth,
and in the arteries of my blood.
لم يبق في الكأس سوى مصتين
يا مرقصِ الدنيا على الراحتين
إشربهما ... انا طواني الهوى
ودبَّ مثلُ الموت في الساعدين
اصبحتُ كالمقذاف في زورقٍ
ملاّحه أعيَ فأرخى اليدين
إلى فم
أطيبُ من خدِّ القمر
ومن عناقيد السحر
ومن منى العمر، اذا غلغل في العمر الضجر
يا طيبَ هذا الفم على فمي
وفي شرايين دمي
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