May 28
Five Poems by May Ziadeh
The following translations are from May’s first book, Fleurs de Réve, a collection of poems she wrote in French during her adolescence and early twenties. She published it in 1911 under the pen name Isis Copia. –Rose DeMaris. Five Poems by May Ziadeh Translated by Rose DeMaris In Forest Sweet dews in these tender stems flood my eyes. This breeze holds her breath— then ripples through heaven’s…