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

The Return of the Flock

 

Mother...

Mother...

Prepare the cold water,

And pour the soup,

The sun has faded behind the sea horizon,

And the gentle breeze has given me a slight shiver,

And the bleating of the sheep flows into my ears

Like the light streaming from the window of our shaded hut.

Mother...

Let us run together to the western bend

Where we will embrace my brother returning with the flock.

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