The fire blazing
Its tongue flowering
To wrap ourselves
With its flaming scarves
But you and me
Warmth-proof that we were
Began to write dirges
With left-over cinders
On a tablet
Of tear-gray ashes
Debebe Seifu (1950 - 2000) Ethiopia
Translated by then author
Source: Addis Journal, June 9, 2012
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