The Exact Number of Stars & My Abebà by Ribka Sibhatu
17th July
Not two poems but a poem and a fable read not in two languages but three languages: Amharic, Tigrinya, and English with translations by André Naffis-Sahely.
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My Abebà
On the hill of Haz-Hazlived a girl from Asmara.Alas... my beautiful Abebà,so poised and slender;Abebà, a flower that rhymes,like Kohl around an eye!So that the world may know:while they dug…Continue reading the English translation
La mia Abebà
C'era un'asmarina
a Haz-Haz, sulla collina,
Ahimè ... Abebà la bella
composta e snella;
fiore rimava con Abeba,
come il bistro e l'occhio!
Perché il mondo comprendesse,
mentre scavavano la sua fossa,
avvolta nella morte…
My Abebà
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