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2020-10-27

The Embrace

Ahmed Morsi
"The Embrace"
Oil on wood
190 x 124 cm
Cairo - 1966

níor thuig éinne
an uair sin, a thaisce
an tslí chun na bhflaitheas
        coinnigh greim ar ruball an chapaill
        b'in an tslí, dar leis na saoithe
it was a time
when none knew the way
to heaven, beloved
        hold on to the horse's tail
        that was the way, said the sages