Najwan Darwish - Um garoto de Haifa gira a palavra (ed. bilingue)

Bilingual edition

(Arabic-Portuguese)

THIAGO PONCE DE MORAES

[translation]

I would have liked to lie down
and wait for Shulammite
with the lilies of the valley
the daffodils of the hills
and all the other flowers
whose names I do not know
indifferent to the reproach
of my mother's sons
or to the guilt
of the daughters of Zion.

But the planes flew from the Holy Bible
to tear apart a family
by the sea…

Where do you go to bed at midday?
In which settlement do you sleep
you who killed Shulammite?

(Shulammite, page 55)