Rachmaninov's Melodie in D major, cello & piano ... I don't know your name

I Don't Know Your Name, by Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008)

- I don’t know your name
- Call me whatever you want
- You’re not a gazelle
- No. And not a mare either
- And you’re not an exile dove
- Nor a mermaid
- Who are you? What’s your name?
- Give me a name, and I’ll become what you name me
- I cannot, because I am a wind
and you’re a stranger like me, and names have lands
- Then, I am "No one”

- I don’t know your name, what’s your name?
- Choose among the names the closest
to forgetfulness. Give me a name and I’ll become
in this night’s lot what you name me!
- I cannot, because I am a woman travelling
on a wind. And you’re a traveller like me,
and names have families and distinct homes
- Then, I am “Nothing”

“No one” said:
I’ll fill your name up with desire. My body
gathers you from all of your directions. My body
embraces you from all of my directions, for you to become something,
and we can go on searching for life …

Then “Nothing” said: Life is beautiful
with you … life is beautiful!

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The music is the D major Melodie on a theme by Rachmaninov, arranged by the cellist Modest Altschuler who made the arrangement published in 1947 (source : Decca); played by Lynn Harrell and Vladimir Ashkenazy.

The painting belongs to Ana Mercedes Hoyos (1942-2014), a Colombian Artist.

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