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Fatima Zahra Bennis

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FROM A PAPER BALCONY

From a paper balcony
I view my whirlwinds
I look but understand nothing
A life is over
A life begins
And I in between
Delighting in my journey
With no destiny
Holding me back

شرفة ورقية

من شرفة ورقية
أطل على زوابعي
أرى ولا أفهم
حياة تروح
وأخرى تجيء
وأنا بينهما أستعذب سفري
ولا يشدني أيما مقام..

© 2016, Fatima Zahra Bennis
From: ‘Ala Hafati ‘umrin Harib/On the Edge of a Fleeting Life
Publisher: Dar El Badaoui, Tunis

Fatima Zahra Bennis

(Morocco, 1973)

Fatima Zahra Bennis' fifth book of poetry, ‘Ala Sahwati l jeem (Riding the Letter J), is forthcoming. Her first poems were published in Moroccan and Arabic print media as early as the 1990’s, when she was in her twenties, and in 2008 she won the Poetry Award from the Noor Institution for Creative Writing and Culture. Her work has been translated into Spanish, Romanian, French, and English, and ...

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FROM A PAPER BALCONY

From a paper balcony
I view my whirlwinds
I look but understand nothing
A life is over
A life begins
And I in between
Delighting in my journey
With no destiny
Holding me back

FROM A PAPER BALCONY

From a paper balcony
I view my whirlwinds
I look but understand nothing
A life is over
A life begins
And I in between
Delighting in my journey
With no destiny
Holding me back