Translated by: Samer Mansoor
unknown seamen
the Earth was pregnant with me
then
it released me
on to the scream
the scream
is the echo
of lust
I am are star
that became lost.
the Earth housed me
and
wrapped me in rags.
I am
a trace
on water.
I
who am I…
some pieces of a body
in trousers.
I don’t even know
how I’ve become
or who called me
“some pieces”.
I would wish
that the lust, I, the world
were of glass.
the world:
one half is a tragedy
the other a comedy
that bribes
the pain with laughter.