English Excerpts for EGYPTI Á HAFINU:

In the beginning...

the cigarette is dreaming between the fingers
located in a hand that lies on the bar table
gracefully bending
the cigarette doesn't matter
the girl is lean and alert to changes
she whispers that she has one wish:
to walk like an Egyptian on the ocean
see the bright star
could be

and Moses lifted his stick
straightened his hand over the ocean
and again the waters fell over the Egyptians
their wagons and knights