If you know Arabic you'll notice I took some liberty with the first line- so as to make the Biblical allusion more obvious.
The Seven Days
By Adunis (aka Ali Ahmad Said)
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Click to hear me recite the original Arabic
O Mother, mock not
My love, my hatred.
For in seven days you were created
And created the horizon, the waves
And the song's plume.
My seven days are a crow and a wound
So why the mystery in the end
When I like you am earth and wind?
The Original:
The Seven Days
By Adunis (aka Ali Ahmad Said)
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Click to hear me recite the original Arabic
O Mother, mock not
My love, my hatred.
For in seven days you were created
And created the horizon, the waves
And the song's plume.
My seven days are a crow and a wound
So why the mystery in the end
When I like you am earth and wind?
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