3 Self-translations by Mariam Al-Khatib

By | 11 May 2026
Midweek Boredom


Boredom begins
with the sound of a broom sweeping tiles cleaned yesterday,
with the man who’s been sitting on his chair since dawn,
with the child asking when they’ll go to the park,
with the girl combing her hair
with nowhere to go.
This boredom is not laziness—
it’s a dense feeling
that today is yesterday,
and tomorrow will be its blurry copy.
Yet still, life does not stop.
People move,
buy,
sell,
love,
scream,
laugh—
as if to say:
“We’re not bored—
we’re just too alive”
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