Poems
Small Fox
by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi
Suddenly - a small fox, playful,
floods your wounded heart with joy
He searches your face with his singular gaze,
knows you're at one with his vagabond stance
That very night I longed for you,
I missed your exquisite arousal,
I yearned for the moon that knew our names
That shattered glass forgotten,
the skittish squirrel gone -
leaving us everything: night, and wine
And as for me - I am drunk with thirst,
I am shaking with desire for you -
but here there's not a fox to be found
Khartoum 14th June, 2006
The original version of this poem is written in Arabic. The literal translation of this poem was made by Sabry Hafez. The final translated version of the poem is by Sarah Maguire.
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Other poems by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi that we have helped to translate are Poem of the Nile, Dream, Weaving a World, A Monkey at the Window, Breathless, Song, In the Company of Michelangelo, Garden Statues, Everything and Horizon.
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