Rima Al-Juburi: Ceramic with the poem The Thousand and One Cities by Susanne Ayoub
The Thousand and One Cities
My Baghdad is a song
the bright silver sound of leaves
on a tall slender tree before the house.
Songs of cicadas. Frogs by the Tigris
The nightingale
Al Athl was the tree’s name
Poetry Festival in Baghdad Feb 2024: Susanne Ayoub reads her poem “The Thousand and One Cities”(1001 Stadt) and Rima Al-Juburi the Arabic translationRima’s Translation
The Thousand and One Cities – first published in “Von der erfüllten, von der enttäuschten, von der vergangenen Liebe” – On Fulfilled, Unrequited, and Faded Love – Edition Milo 2006
Translation Geoffrey Howes
Painting and Translation by Rima Al-JuburiRima Al-Juburi: Ceramic with the poem translated into Arabic
