Poem
Rosa Jamali
Like a hanging jug
Like a hanging jugNo drink is pouring off me
It’s natural to be numbed gradually
Pig-headed seashells!
This boasting sky
Is an anchor
Which has fallen on my lap
This dizzy sky!
The moon’s been cleared
A shadow\'s coming after me
Barefoot you used to run
through my dreams!
Enjoyed?!
Numbed?!
All my veins are connected to this land . . .
Like a hanging jug
Joyful of this sky
A huge whale swallowed it whole one day
You waved your hands
And it was over!
The Gulf was over!
Like a hanging jug
It’s simple!
I lost the game
And gambled all away . . .
© Translation: 2010, Rosa Jamali
LIKE A HANGING JUG
© 2010, Rosa Jamali
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Like a hanging jug
Like a hanging jugNo drink is pouring off me
It’s natural to be numbed gradually
Pig-headed seashells!
This boasting sky
Is an anchor
Which has fallen on my lap
This dizzy sky!
The moon’s been cleared
A shadow\'s coming after me
Barefoot you used to run
through my dreams!
Enjoyed?!
Numbed?!
All my veins are connected to this land . . .
Like a hanging jug
Joyful of this sky
A huge whale swallowed it whole one day
You waved your hands
And it was over!
The Gulf was over!
Like a hanging jug
It’s simple!
I lost the game
And gambled all away . . .
© 2010, Rosa Jamali
Like a hanging jug
Like a hanging jugNo drink is pouring off me
It’s natural to be numbed gradually
Pig-headed seashells!
This boasting sky
Is an anchor
Which has fallen on my lap
This dizzy sky!
The moon’s been cleared
A shadow\'s coming after me
Barefoot you used to run
through my dreams!
Enjoyed?!
Numbed?!
All my veins are connected to this land . . .
Like a hanging jug
Joyful of this sky
A huge whale swallowed it whole one day
You waved your hands
And it was over!
The Gulf was over!
Like a hanging jug
It’s simple!
I lost the game
And gambled all away . . .
© 2010, Rosa Jamali
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