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Ali Ahmad Said Esber
1930 / Syria
Music I: 22
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A star landed. She stalked
the streets leading to our house. She gave
her feet to a lover, and put
her hair in the hands of the date palm.
How wondrous!
No one on the road to our home
could follow her footsteps.
Translation: 2013, Khaled Mattawa
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