'NAKUPENDU WEWE! '
she smiled sweetly
but as she said it
in Swahili
I had no idea
that she loved me.
'HA EH BAK! '
I said back
but she didn't understand
Tunisian.
But then she kissed me
in Swahili
and I kissed her
in Tunisian
and suddenly
to a man
(and a woman)
we understood each other
...completely.
Dónall Dempsey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nakupenda-wee-ha-eh-bak/
