To Fatine

One night it was very dark,
I raised my head
towards the stars to see you
I was looking for you
but I did not find you
because all stars in the sky
have escaped for their love to you
I need only one
to lead me towards you


I would sacrifice myself for you,
you are my life


I lay down on your grass
watching what comes to me
from the sun rays
through the palm leaves
may I turn back
to drink some tea in my garden
or in my terrace


I brought from my country
a flask full of sand
and another flask full of water
I smell from the first one
and I drink from the second
and I remember people´s eye
they are as wide as your sky
their lashes are wings
and your beauty is born in their kohl

Oh my river, when I saw you from far away,
I get happy running towards you
I soaked myself in your mud
I start a new road that takes to another one
among palm sticks and green grass
I was astonished by your reflection
and I wanted to kiss the water

I see myself fliying to take you in my arms
and hide your suffering with my sadnees

Who is moaning, you or me
or is it everyone's
my daughters heart is crying for you
Oh my daughter
is your soul living there?
How much she loves you
She has not seen your beauty
neither has she smelled your perfume

We heard a newborn child crying
and his mother is calling him
And she desperately asks for him
We run towards him to help him
but he turned into a martyir
I wish I were blind
so I would not see him
i don't like to hear birds singing anymore
Or see the flowers
I wish I were deaf
I don't want to listen
the words "humilated people" any more
I wish I didn't have a tongue
Because I do not want to say anything else
Neither to a human being
Nor to a genie
but my life is there
my heart is there
over your sand
under your sky

Where are you Ester?
you have closed your mouth again
or you are used to bear
the tyrannical sword
were you sad?
when your son was tortured?
and then he was thrown to the river
Ester did you see his pure body when it disappeared
they killed your son
and all of us are waiting for you
to take revenge
to destroy all the violent ones
who try to shed your blood
I hope to meet you
withought any blood
withought any oh
withought any oh