The Chaghoura written by Sofia Kioroglou at Spillwords.com

The Chaghoura

The Chaghoura

written by: Sofia Kioroglou

@poet.gr

 

In a small chapel
20 miles north of the city of Damascus
Saidnaya rises above the town, like a fortress.

No matter where I go, the Chaghoura,
the beautiful gazelle will appear in my dream
like it did to Justinian, bidding me to betake myself to her shrine

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