Venice masks

Wednesday, 17 December 2025

My woman's transparence - Amina Saïd

my woman's transparence
has the whole sea
as its mirror

my sea-spray is born
of the salt of its peaks

my mother plays echo
to its thunder
and to its murmurs

we   were
as one sea-swell
when     we strode 
towards land
we   joined hands

Amina Saïd (born 1953) Tunisia
Translated by Eric Sellin
Source: Voices of light: spiritual & visionary poems by women from around the world: from ancient Sumeria to now, Aliki Barnstone, Shambhala, 1999

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