"It cuts to reveal and to heal. It is exciting and painful. It bridges; it connects. It is violent but loving. It is death that leads to rebirth, and this new life rouses the appetite."– Sholeh Wolpé, from The Conference of the Birds; “
About this Translation,”
"We spread ourselves by the river
and we lie down.
The fairies come to look at us
and the ants come
and the root comes
and the sun comes
and the sleeping body fills with their touch."– Saadi Youssef, from ‘The Orchard’,
Without an Alphabet, Without a Face: Selected Poems (trans. Khaled Mattawa)
