The Silent Journey
Sailing on a boat, through a stormy sea
We distinguish the gaze following us from the shore
Frightened of the fate that pushes us toward the wild waves, swollen with blood
Down to the perturbed centuries
To the strange roots holding us in stasis
Rotating around the satellite that extinguishes in the
‘The Interpreter’ is the English version of Arabic novel ‘Al Tarjuman’, authored by Ashraf Aboul Yazid, an eminent writer and poet of Egypt
“You are well-suited to meet, and to love each other, but – as happens in all times—envy will not leave you.”
I brought mint tea to Mama “Zuwina
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‘The Interpreter’ is the English version of Arabic novel ‘Al Tarjuman’, authored by Ashraf Aboul Yazid, an eminent writer and poet of Egypt
My life is shattered enough, it cannot bear another crack.
How great the confusion you have caused me, my sister “Fawz.”
I, “Shahlaa Al-Tayeh,” a
‘The Interpreter’ is the English version of Arabic novel ‘Al Tarjuman’, authored by Ashraf Aboul Yazid, an eminent writer and poet of Egypt
“I burned my youth, just as you used to burn incense in the translation room.”
You’ve exposed us, may God expose you, in this world and the next,