Middle East 4 ChangeA Moon-Lit Night: a poem by Ahmad Shamlu
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Translated by Sheida Dayani On a Moon-Lit Night On a moon-lit night Moon is in my dream It takes me with it Alley to alley, Into the vineyards…
What has become of my country: Said Soltanpour, poet of revolution
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Said Soltanpour, poet, playwright and director changed the pace of the revolution that toppled the Shah. It was mid October 1977. Already the voices of protest against the…
A Shelter (سقف): a song by Iraj Jannati Ataei
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Saghf (Persian: سقف)(Literary: Roof) is one of the most beautiful Iranian songs. It was first performed by Farhad Mehrad in the 1970s. The lyrics are composed by Iraj…
A Lover From Palestine – Poem by Mahmoud Darwish
Friday, July 26, 2019
Your eyes are a thorn in my heart Inflicting pain, yet I cherish that thorn And shield it from the wind. I sheathe it in my flesh, I…
Poem by Sukaina Habiballah: ‘Everything in You Grew, But Not Your Hand’
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Translated by Robin Moger. Posted on ArabLit May 25, 2o18. Over at Youssef Rakha’s Cosmopolitan Hotel, there are six poems in Robin Moger’s translation, by Moroccan writer Sukaina…
‘One Hundred Years’, a poem by Steve Bloom on the centenary of the Russian Revolution
Saturday, October 14, 2017
The full poem can be downloaded as a pdf here And over the evening forest the bronze moon climbs to its place. Why has the music stopped? Why…
Two Gravediggers – Poem
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Majid Nafici Iroon The day is sunny After much rain. I run on Venice beach And know that Another storm is coming. At the pier Water has clogged…