The River Shines Stronger than the Sun, لمعان النهر أقوى من الشمس
She sits on a stone by the river and closes her eyes.
She listens to the water
of the Euphrates and sees flows of images flash past her eyes.
The longer she sits, the slower the image flux gets.
After many hours she opens her eyes,
and discovers the image she was looking for.
(To Arrive Into the World, is to Inherit What You Arrive Into, Yasmine Eid Sabbagh, 2020)
She sits on a stone by the river and closes her eyes.
She listens to the water
of the Euphrates and sees flows of images flash past her eyes.
The longer she sits, the slower the image flux gets.
After many hours she opens her eyes,
and discovers the image she was looking for.
(To Arrive Into the World, is to Inherit What You Arrive Into, Yasmine Eid Sabbagh, 2020)