~Work of Translation~

Yemen - 2007 '12 december - 0161 - The Empty Quarter Desert
Originally uploaded by © Lucie Debelkova

On a search of tranquil path
A deserted desert to be my home
So I can sink within
Sink within the grains
No words in here
Nor a vibrating voice
Except the sand
That waits in silence
Then the wind
Gives a visit to this desert land
Translates all the silence of sand
So it can print a new language
A dialect of its own
On a surface where no page is needed
A page of sand dunes
Scripted poetry
Without letters and words
Within lines and curves
Read only by the wind and sand

copyrigh 2008 Nasra Al Adawi

"Even nature translates, do not be afraid to explore a new language. You never know how far it can get you"

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