Poems by Samira Al Bouzadi.
Translated from Arabic by Dr. Salwa Gouda
I open a window to the darkness, and knock on the door of the Night
My neighbor says: This is a crazy woman
And my friends put stones in my feet
And my children pull me by my long dress
But I read the book of commandments
I learned to walk on my own with a damaged foot.
A dog barks in the dark under my balcony
I silenced him with the book “The Approach to Al-Mu’tasim.”
I know Borges will be upset from behind his
Grave
But that’s okay, I read it a hundred times
I will learn to silence my mouth by yawning
Because the light morning that floats in my head is bigger than every lie.
