STUPRU
Gisimha bbies.
Gisimha bla jitharrek
Bhal qamar misluh u jnixxi
F’vazett tal-hgieg,
Imgharraq fid-dizgrazzja.
B’toghma ta’ sadid f’halqha
Trid tichad x’gara waranofsinhar
Taht xemx taghfas
Fuq kuxtejha miftuha
U s-sejf m’ghonqha.
Gisimha catt,
Bla sider gisimha
Bla genbejn
Bla pubis gisimha
Maghtub issa w niexef,
fis-sahta mghaddas, u l-misthija.
Bla head ddur f’rasha
l-pellikola mikula tad-delitt:
il-bieb jinfaqa l-bieb
u d-daqqa mal-kozz t’ghonqha
d-daqqa u l-libsa ticcarrat u l-gharaq tieghu
l-gharaq u hnieku jlieghbu hnieku
u s-sikkina
u l-hasda that zaqqha l-iskossi jifqughha
l-iskossi joftquha
joftqulha hajjitha joftquha
minnha nfisha.
Tilbes il-fardal ta’ mara
Mario Azzopardi