Storyteller's Tales is a book of English short stories containing (31) selected stories from the author Khaled Saeed. While each story is independant of the other, they nudge the reader towards insightful reading and understanding about the larger things in life.
Genre: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / GeneralThis is a newly published book and the rankings are not available as yet
ALI
A love of my life was a child I hardly felt in my arms.
His first encounter with life was mortal.
He came into this world then departed, like a bubble.
A moment here and then gone.
And I wanted to mourn. Oh, I wanted to cry.
Like that friend of mine who was a genius.
Full of life; glamorous and exciting.
And then Life wasted him.
Degenerating him into a ‘once an eagle’.
And I wanted to mourn. Oh, I wanted to cry.
And this infant child of mine, who just looked at me.
A desperate, despairing look.
I could feel... I could feel.
I held that delicate, fluffy palm.
The hypodermic poking into it — crucifying me.
And I wanted to mourn. Oh, I wanted to cry.
And I felt the love.
I woke with him and I woke through his coma.
Then he left. Gone, like the bubble.
Gratefully, when I wasn’t around.
Leaving me wondering.
Was he mercifully relieved of the struggles that plague a lifetime?
Or was I being primed for the battles that lay ahead my own existence?
And I wanted to mourn. Oh, I wanted to cry.
And I buried my child.
A candle, blown out by an early gust of life itself.
A moment here and then no more.
And I wanted to mourn. Oh, I wanted to cry.
But please!
He’s more than a bubble, he’s more than a bubble.
When they wrote ‘Kilroy was here’, people noticed. They felt.
And I wanted to mourn. Oh, I wanted to cry.
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Italian
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Already translated.
Translated by Matteo Serrago
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Spanish
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Already translated.
Translated by Claudio Valerio Gaetani and Alejandra Guzmàn
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