Juke Box Love Song
from The Collected Poems of
Langston Hughes


I could take the Harlem night
and wrap around you,
Take the neon lights and make a crown,
Take the Lenox Avenue busses,
Taxis, subways,
And for your love song tone their rumble down.
Take Harlem's heartbeat,
Make a drumbeat,
Put it on a record, let it whirl,
And while we listen to it play,
Dance with you till day--
Dance with you, my sweet brown Harlem girl.

Dear Langston
I am not sure if it is legal or not. I am not a theif ! I went to Randomhouse and I saw you smilling there standing for customers.You can take my translation free instead. I would not care ...
Yours
Ali

P.S: It was great langston ! How did you do that ?