The Solitary Land
By Adonis
Translated By Kareem James Abu-Zeid & Ivan Eubanks
I inhabit these fugitive words,
I live, my face my face’s lone companion,
And my face is my path,
In your name, my land
That stands tall, enchanted and solitary;
In your name, death, my friend.
Translated from the Arabic
Source: Poetry (April 2019)