For khalam
Long, long you have held between your hands
the black face of the warrior
Held as if already there fell on it a twilight of death.
From the hill I have seen the sun set
in the bays of your eyes.
When shall I see again, my country,
The pure horizon of your face?
When shall I sit down once more at the dark table of your breast?
Hidden in the half-darkness, the nest of gentle words.
I shall see other skies and other eyes
I shall drink at the spring of other mouths cooler than lemons
I shall sleep under the roof of other heads of hair in shelter from storms.
But every year, when the rum of springtime sets my memory ablaze
I shall be full of regret for my homeland
and the rain from your eyes on the thirsty savannahs.
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