Only

Only

A lazy noon
stirs me from your memory to this glass of tea
and a wondering embrace
 
In a mood busy with inquisitiveness
I smell the lees of the scent
that lingers
behind you
 
I sense your shade in the shadows
in the dregs of all that gossip -
Oh you sinner!
 
Like a rumoured prophet's advent
you slide from the ripe fruit of sleep
afire with ideas, your flashing wit
 

Original Poem by

Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

Translated by

Sabry Hafez with Sarah Maguire Language

Arabic

Country

Sudan