To the Life !

When I'll die,
make a party
for what I lived well
and do not shake your head
for what I made wrong.
About my future
after my death,
I am not decided.
With my body,
do what you want.
If you bury me,
put me at the cemetery in Oran,
in the sun and closer to the sea.
If you incinerate me,
put perfume on my dust
and spread them in the air.
To you who love me,
and also you who hate me,
I do not say: Goodbye.
I shout: To the Life!

Published in italian in "Produzione e Cultura"
Arlem Editeur, juily-dicembre 2000