Ali Ahmad Said Esber Poems

A star landed. She stalked
the streets leading to our house. She gave
her feet to a lover, and put
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from "Elegy for the First Century"
Bells on our eyelashes
and the death throes of words,
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but staying still.
O, sun,
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We travel upon the Ark, in mud and rain,
Our oars promises from God.
We live—and the rest of Humanity dies.
We travel upon the waves, fastening
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Mihyar is a face
betrayed by its lovers
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Neither a star,
nor a prophet's inspiration,
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I listened to the seas
reading to me their verses
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Mihyar sang cried acquitted prayed indicted,
blessed the face of madness,
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I open a door unto the Earth
and set ablaze the fire of presence,
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Even if you return, O, Odysseus;
even if spaces close around you,
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