Poetry of Bilal Masri
Poetry: BILAL AL MASRI – LBANON
Translation from Arabic: ANBA GAWI AND M.H MOHAMED
Edite by Camilla Reeve
A story
Like smoke dispersing
words distance themselves
as you and I return to being strangers –
two characters lost in a long story,
an endless one –
and the sad author,
uncertain of the way
that he should take.
Tears
Dogs run after the Moon.
Spinster cats miaow.
In the dead of night
poor mice hide
in the ear of an old woman
combing her grey hair
that falls like snowflakes
and melts like tears,
while there are people
wandering along the paths
crushing each other’s hearts.
Absence
As meetings with you became rare
I folded myself between the pages of a book
I went on my way,
gone and left the place
having forgotten I was sick –
your absence pains me –
and I had forgotten
where I left the book.
Bilal Al-Masri
Bilal Al-Masri is a Lebanese poet and playwright, born in 1974. His in Poetry: The Atm of Mirrors, published by Dar Al-Konouz Al-Adabi in Beirut 2004 Jasmine rose like bullets issued by Dar El Ghawoun Beirut 2012 As light as oil, issued by the Beirut Publications Company in 2014 Your names are many and our bread is little issued by Dar Al-Watan Today, Algeria, in 2020 (yashaq rasuh bihajar aldhikrayat) Published within the Ishraqat series of poetry supervised and selected by the poet Adonis2024 Poetry selections translated into French entitle “ave nui tu seras seul TGL ebooks Publishing & TranslationLondon 2023
Poetry selections: Because of you London 2024
Among his theatrical works are “Too ret so I will not disappear,” “A
trip to Mars” “The boats”, the screaming of the corpse winner of
the prize for the best theatrical text within the activities of the Sidi Kassem International Festival in Morocco. Of his fictional works, the walls are striking my shadow. Among his fictional works: The Walls Exposed to My Shadow, published by the Cairo Hallways Foundation, 2013 He participated in many international evenings and festivals in Lebanon and abroad Poetry Prize from China Certificate Poetry Collection Award of the 2023 “Zheng Nian Cup” National Literature Prize. Shortlisted award–literature prize k m anthru international India 2022
