Woman Arabic Poems

Copenhagen came into view 
over looking the industry findings 
of Heidelberg sinking shores 
I'd mustered enough nerve to escape
his fist his open hand again twisting...

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Salacia

Where two mountains almost meet, there is a canyon 
Of boulders and unfriendly nature, such as thorny bushes
And self-hating trees and among thistles, snakes roam...

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A view of the ocean of print

On the night sky over Australia, among thousands of stars
the dog of hell appeared, killing the Aboriginal men
but a...

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Narrated Ibn Masud:A man kissed a woman(unlawfully)and then went to the Prophet and informed him.Allah revealed:And offer prayers perfectly at the two ends of the...

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The song contests 

I came across an apple tree it looked like 
a child’s idea of this type of tree, big red
apples and a blue...

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Merry Christmas 
my love
It’s another day we sing God’s blessings 
Distance may separate us but 
God’s love is the same everyday
Distance memories occupy my mind
Distance...

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The Story
by Kamal Nasser
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I will tell you a story ...
a story that lived in the dreams of my people,
a story...

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I feel like Afghanistan
All the friends who helped me through my depression 
Have left
I want to leave this body I call home
Rather than wage war...

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Mahmoud Darwish English Translations of Arabic Poems



Palestine
by Mahmoud Darwish
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

This land gives us
all that makes life worthwhile:
April's blushing advances,
the aroma of...

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I lean in to your space tonight
My hair caresses your face tonight

I started looking for you long ago
I am waiting with grace tonight

I came dressed...

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The whisper in red

I had been watching TV
And as often happen when I watch
A minute sleep only
A wisp of a young woman in a red...

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Such Tenderness
by Michael R. Burch

for the mothers of Gaza

There was, in your touch, such tenderness—as
only the dove on her mildest day has,
when she shelters downed...

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(for Scarlets of the world)

Scarlet was born in a house of ill repute.
She learnt early how to use lipsticks, and
Dreams never visited her.

Enslaved by carnivorous...

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Free as the independent  woman that raised us 
Don’t believe in every story 
Allegories & fables
Fast for mournings ,Now I’m unplugged from the matrix...

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I


I see you wearing your green hijab.
Looking mysterious as the desert under the red sun
And I start to tremble with joy. If you only knew…
As...

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