Rural Poems is one of Charbel Baini's books translated from Arabic into English

Slopes


All the slopes before me,

Were ravaged by the vengeful torrents,

After they stripped away their earthy skin,

And laid bare their rocky bones before the sun's eye.

The slopes had no time to weep,

Or to sigh,

Because the continuity of life was strongly urging them

To create a new skin,

Which spring could spread over them 

After a few weeks.

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