Rouge baiser

Every time I kiss you

After a long separation

I feel

I am putting a hurried love letter

In a red mailbox.

Nizâr QabbânîDans les rues de Londres, des boîtes aux lettres datent d’Edward VII Et d’autres du règne d’Elizabeth IIIl a fallu une grève des postes... Et d’un poème... pour que je m’en aperçoive!Light is more important than the lantern,

The poem more important than the notebook,

And the kiss more important than the lips.

My letters to you

Are greater and more important than both of us.

They are the only documents

Where people will discover

Your beauty

And my madness.

Nizâr Qabbânî