David and Saul

by Sabina Karleva

1. Book "Kingdoms", Chapter 16

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14. Now the spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrified him.

15. And Saul's servants said unto him: 'Behold now, an evil spirit from God terrifieth thee.

16. Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp; and it shall be, when the evil spirit from God cometh upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

17. And Saul said unto his servants: 'Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

18. Then answered one of the young men, and said: 'Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valour, and a man of war, and prudent in affairs, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.'

19. Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said: 'Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.',

20. And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.;

21. And David came to Saul, and stood before him; and he loved him greatly; and he became his armour-bearer.

22. And Saul sent to Jesse, saying: 'Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.'

23. And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand; so Saul found relief, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

And I say:

David is resting his chin on his stellar rebeck
And the snakes built into the foundations of any structure
Become Albinos like him.
And their flexible bodies receive any form of sound.
The crowds should be reprieved from their death sentence
Saul is the duplicate of his shadow in the corner.
Another night is waiting for him
Inconsolable starry night that
Cannot cradle anyone.

From: 
Sabina Karleva




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ABOUT THE POET ~
Sabina Karleva (b. 1986) sabina.karleva@gmail.com is a student in Cultural Studies and Philosophy at the Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridsky”, Sofia, Bulgaria. She has a specialization in Arab Society and Culture at the Department of Arabic Studies and Semitology at the Sofia University and the University of Cologne., In 2008 she receives an insignia of honor from the National Poetical Contest “Vesselin Hanchev”, her works are published in Bulgarian and English in several online and paper editions., In 2010 she has been featured in the National Best Poems Antology at the Salon of Arts, National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria.


Last updated November 09, 2011