Havana
Hasta dentro del fondo de mi alma
Cuántas luces dejaste encendidas
Ojalá que te vaya muy bonito.
Istanbul
I looked at you from another hill, dear İstanbul!
I know you like back of my hand, and love you dearly.
Egypt
Umm Kulthum and Omar Sharif
Came floating on the jasmine wind
From the west, from the south
Honey in my ear, spice my mouth
Israel
Each of us has a name
given by the stars
and given by our neighbors
Greece
The sun and the sea
I float above care
Corfu and his beauty
Captivated.
Copenhagen
You take some Kierkegaard and Hamlet,
and then you add some hygge,
and season it with pastry,
till you get a pleasant fugue.
Morocco
With a little sun. With much night.
With your most open heart. With more of your perfume.
With your most splendid presence. With much oblivion.
With purer air. With one glass more.
With less silence. With a sky more serene.
Spain
The weeping of the guitar
begins.
The goblets of dawn
are smashed.
South Africa
The memory beckons from the future
you and I a tribe of colours
this song that dance
godlike rhythms to birth
footsteps of memory
the very soul aspires to.
Qatar
At the edge of the desert , the sun turns men into seeds.
Nut brown and hard, the water leeched away.
Netherlands
When I fall asleep the sea is still below
and the sun as always before me.
Croatia
Look at that small fruit tree after the rain:
It is full of raindrops and itswings them,
And magic luxury of it branches
Sparkles in the sunlight.