It took its name
from water
and started to flow
The foam we saw
riding the waves
was its people
The grass over the dunes
their ribs
A country
whose men all
had departed, and so
the women were wed
to trees
Life There
AuthorWadih Sa'adeh
It took its name
from water
and started to flow
The foam we saw
riding the waves
was its people
The grass over the dunes
their ribs
A country
whose men all
had departed, and so
the women were wed
to trees