Poet of the Month 011: FATMA BEN MAHMOUD

FATMA BEN MAHMOUD

 

 

 

 

THE PROSTITUTE

 

 

Every morning…

She declares repentance

she tidies up her loneliness

and enumerates her orphan 

wish…

 

At the end of every night

she reverts to her old habit 

 

 

 

                                                                         

 

 

Another Desire Doesn't Interest Me (? 2012)

 

 

 

 

 

Translated by

  

ALI ZNAIDI 

 

 

 

Fatma Ben Mahmoud is a Tunisian poet, novelist, journalist and teacher.  She has published three poetry collections and a fictionalized autobiography titled A Woman at the Time of Revolution.
  

 

 

 

Use the link below to read more poems by Tunisian poet FATMA BEN MAHMOUD:

 

 

https://tunisianlit.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/a-batch-of-poems-by-fatma-ben-mahmoud-translated-by-ali-znaidi/ 


 

 

 

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Last updated 18 March 2021