Soleïman Adel Guémar
A dream
the storks have come back
to make their nests on the highest
rooftops the wind is rising
over the blue lake
rocking the motorboat and the orphan
is signalling to you from the shore
through the swirl of dead leaves
the naked trees
are stretching their arms up into the sky
which is watching you smiling at last
to make their nests on the highest
rooftops the wind is rising
over the blue lake
rocking the motorboat and the orphan
is signalling to you from the shore
through the swirl of dead leaves
the naked trees
are stretching their arms up into the sky
which is watching you smiling at last
(translated by Tom Cheesman; reprinted from Nobody’s Perfect: Refugees Writing in Wales 2, edited by Eric Ngalle Charles, Tom Cheesman and Sylvie Hoffmann, Swansea: Hafan Books, 2004)
Translated by Tom Cheesman
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