samedi 12 septembre 2020

September

 

By: Hayet Ben Bada

When I flash back to the lovely days of september
Where I've kept some dreams and stories to remember
Something like old streets and avenues to wander
Something like my toys when I was younger
I have a fond belief that september will stay forever
There were many things in september , sweet and tender
Something like love , something like adventure
Something like childhood , something like the rain, like water
I like seven things about the 9th month in my calendar
I like coming home ,waiting for the sweet days of the winter
I like watching the sad trees weeping and the silent river
I like to meet my friends again and to start over
I like to smile once more ,I like the fall,I like its whisper
But my words will not go sailing any farther
And september will be such a nice story told by a sailor
My boat will be absent tomorrow ,
no september, no december
Because september left us in the lurch with a lot of bother
I have to leave now ,september was a song,
Written by the end of the summer
September was the last legend,
written by the nights of a teenager
The evenings , the nights of the summer
Were nothing but something from september

vendredi 4 septembre 2020

أيلول

 بقلم: حياة بن بادة

أيلول الأمل فيم تعزّيني ؟
في قلب هجر شراييني؟
أم في حبّ لم يشترني
أم في دواء صنعته أعشابك
فلم تداوني
دع عنك هذا أيلولي
و انثر ضحكاتك في فصولي
و دع دموع الغيم تمطر
علّها تصطحب سيولي
فغدا صباحا ستفطر
على حروف عينيه التي لا تنطق
و دفاترها التي لا تغلق
و حكاياها الممتدّة من الغرب إلى الشرق
المبحرة على أنفاس جلّق
و النائمة في جيوب عيني
أيلول فيم تعزّيني ؟
في قلبي أم في رياحيني؟
أم في حزن يعانقني من حين إلى حين!