A love song to Australia is one of Charbel Baini's books translated by Paul Abdul Ahad

KATOOMBA'S SPRING

 -1-

It was snowing flowers

On the hills' cheeks

Joy became the guard

And we became the songs

Whenever a light dawn wakes the slumbers

Our sky pours out perfumes

In gatherings

Not the ones life died in

-2-

Your voice showed up like glory

Searching our hopes

Sprinkling happiness as flowers

On our past paths

.. As if his shadow is barren

You pervaded

Warm us

The coldness scratched our eyes

Of coldness hide us

-3-

Remember Katoomba and say

How was the spring set apart

Off seasons made by season

?And became the dream in our mind

Its forests, possible

Spinning its echo a scarf

Covering the fields with trees

As vast as what's been said

As long as happiness in length

In width, as wide as mountains

-4-

Merdad

Like twilight are your laughter's

Beware

Don't let the basil daughters fall in love

In gentleness

Spring season was stolen off burnt hearts

And Katoomba became a tunnel

Between what's stayed in memory

And what's not going to

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