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Ali Ahmad Said Esber
1930 / Syria
The Tree Of Fire
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A family of leaves is sitting near the spring,
wounding the land of tears
and reading to the water
the book of fire.
My family didnĂșt await my arrival.
It departed.
No fire is left, no traces.
translated by: Kamal Abu-Deeb
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