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“Urgent Telegrams to an Emergent Love”: A Sequence of Short Poems by Radhia Chehaibi (Translated by Ali Znaidi)
This is the original poem in Arabic. It is taken from the online magazine freearabi.com. “Urgent Telegrams to an Emergent Love” is, in fact, a sequence of short poems. You can also read it here.
برقيات عاجلة لحب طارئ ~ للشاعرة المتألقة راضية الشهايبي
المصدر: مجلة العربي الحر الإلكترونية
برقيات عاجلة لحب طارئ
بوح
باسمك مجرى دمي
جارفا يهتف لك بمداخلي
باسمك مرساه حين تتقد
على مشارف اناملك…يدي
***
تكامل
بعينيك الاحزان جميعا
وفي عيني الدموع التي تلزم
***
احتياج
اتدري كم يلزمني
لاحتمال غربتي
عن شهقتك القصوى
عين اشتهاء
ويد ارتجاف
وشفاه من لهيب
***
التزام
لعينيك قرارات
تنثرها بكياني فالتزم
وارسل روحي تبايعك
واشيد من قبلي عرشا
تعتليه…على شفتي
***
سُكر
هو الذي افرط
في شرب ايحاءات عينيها
لن يفلت من سكر التاويل
***
اعتذار
ليس لك ما به عن غياب
ما قبل اللقاء تكفر
سوى ذرف اشواق
على جسد اعياه الترقب
***
منتهى
أغارعليك من نفسي
فعدني…
إلاَّ معي تخونني
***
تفرد
كأني ما كنت انثى
كأن يديك ما احتفت بغيري
كأن انيني ما انتشى يوما
بغير تفجر نبعك في أديمي
***
تنبيه
ينتشر صخب كبريائه
يتفجر في صمت على جسدي
يستفز نبضي
يبشرني بالنبض البديل الخافق المتواري
خلف سكون رغبتي
Here you are the translation for this sequence!
Urgent Telegrams to an Emergent Love
Revelation
In your name my blood stream
vehemently shouts my innermost to you.
In your name its anchorage when my hand
burns at the outskirts of your fingertips.
***
Complementarity
In your eyes all sorrows.
In my eyes the required tears.
***
Need
Do you know how much do I need
to endure my alienation from your
utmost sobs:
A desiring eye,
a trembling hand,
& blazing lips.
***
Engagement
Your eyes have decisions.
You sprinkle them on my being. So I engage,
& I send my soul acknowledging you as a sovereign.
And I build a throne out of my heart.
You ascend it… on my lips.
***
Drunkenness
He who drank in the suggestiveness
of her eyes to excess,
will not escape from the intoxication of interpretation.
***
Apology
You have nothing by which to expiate
the absence from the pre-date
except shedding yearnings
on a body worn out by waiting.
***
A Furthest Point
I’m jealous about you from myself.
So promise not to betray me
only with me!
***
Uniqueness
As if I hadn’t been a female.
As if your hands had never celebrated anyone but me.
As if my whine had never been intoxicated
except with the explosion of your wellspring in my dusty skin.
***
Warning
The fury of his arrogance spreads
and it silently explodes in my body.
It provokes my pulses.
It brings to me the good news of the alternative palpitating
pulse that is hidden behind the inertia of my desire.
Radhia Chehaibi’s Bio:
Radhia Chehaibi is a Tunisian poet. She was born on May 29, 1970. Her poetry is characterised by strong imagery and language. She is also known for writing shorter poems or flash poetry. She authored poetry collections, including What Leaked from My Silence, Travel Recitations, and The Digital Path of the Soul. She was also anthologised in some Arabic and translated anthologies.
