Happy International Woman’s Day

 And to celebrate such……



ERVINA HALILI

TRANSLATED BY SUZANA VULJEVIC

The March of the Earth

Earth, you’re nestled in twilight and
from your slumber flows of lava erupted awake in fury
to the drumbeat of a stately march
oozing over the slothful time of budding shoots
and bones saturated in humus-rich soil

follow the rhythm of your vapors and dance with me, Earth
let us lose ourselves
let us lose ourselves
in a delirium

I saved some of your jasmine fragrance, Earth
smear it onto my breasts
and make love to me
till you’ve pulled my hair straight into your heart

I feed your spawn
I, time of eternity
give birth to the new world


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