Onora                                                                         

Onora  suo  padre                                                      

che qui ha lasciato sandali                                                       

rivestiti di cardo e salsedine gelata.                            

Onora l’ombra di tua madre                                                   

distesa e morente                                                        
su queste rocce di sabbia.                                            

Onora il suo mare,                                                     

le sue montagne,                                                       

i suoi mandarini.                                                         

Onora le sue lacrime di sangue.                                  

Onora ogni suo dettaglio.     

                   

(Dimitri 2008 a ogni dettaglio del Libano)    

Honour 

Honour her father

who left his sandals here

covered with frozen sea salt  

Honour the shade of your mother

lying and dying on  those sandy rocks

Honour her sea

her mountains,

her mandarins,

Honour her blooded tears

Honour any of her details

(Dimitri,  2008 to every detail of Lebanon)