Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2018
Size: 45×60 cm (17.7″×23.6″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paper
Arabic calligraphy text in English:
“Quickly do the years fly over, / From the shining of the new sun / From the lighting of the full moon. / Still the daughter of the Ether, / Swims the sea as water-mother.” (Kalevala, rune 1. | Elias Lönnrot. Translated by: John Martin Crawford)
Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“مرّت السنوات وعبرت / والشمس الطريفة تلتمع / والقمر الحديث ينير / وسيدة الماء وأمه تسبح دائمًا.” (كاليفالا، النّشيد 1. | إلياس لونروت. ترجمة: سحبان أحمد مروة)