Vision Inside The Train Poem by Nizar Sartawi

All of a sudden
the wall melts

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And from the sides of the train
wedding processions come into sight
pretty women arrive
singing, dancing,
playing the melodies of a reckless guitar
A water brook flows
on whose banks groves swing
In their shade lovers meet
Glasses are passed around
that spin the heads
and the past and future meet
in the passing moment

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And all of a sudden, too,
the wall returns
and the click of the wheels,
and the train goes on.

(Translated from Arabic by Nizar Sartawi)