Month: March 2014
Finalist for Translation Award
“Curriculum” by Mario Benedetti
“Alhambra” by Jorge Luis Borges
Qal‘at al-Ḥamra, known by the Spaniards as Alhambra, was a Moorish fortress and castle in Granada that was captured during the Catholic Reconquista. Pleasant the voice of the water to those wearied by black sand, pleasant to the concave hand the curving marble of the column, pleasant the delicate labyrinths…
“I Like You When You’re Silent” by Pablo Neruda
Rumi—Ruba’i 6
Rumi—Ruba’i 1441
Rumi—Ruba’i 14
Finalist for Translation Award
“Curriculum” by Mario Benedetti
“Alhambra” by Jorge Luis Borges

Qal‘at al-Ḥamra, known by the Spaniards as Alhambra, was a Moorish fortress and castle in Granada that was captured during the Catholic Reconquista. Pleasant the voice of the water to those wearied by black sand, pleasant to the concave hand the curving marble of the column, pleasant the delicate labyrinths…