Poems from Sudan

  1. A Monkey at the Window

    قردٌ على الشٍّباك

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

    video

  2. Breathless

    لهاثْ

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

  3. Dream

    حلم

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

  4. Everything

    كلُّ شَيْءْ

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

    audio

  5. Garden Statues

    تماثيل الحدائق

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

    video audio

  6. Horizon

    أفق

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

  7. In the Company of Michelangelo

    صُحْبَة مايكل انجلو

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

    video audio

  8. NEW!

    Lamps

    Title text of the poem Lamps

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

    video audio

  9. NEW!

    Only

    Title text of the poem Only

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

    video audio

  10. Poem of the Nile

    قصيدة النيل - قراءة الشمس

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

  11. Small Fox

    ثعلب صغير

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

    video audio

  12. Song

    أغنية

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

  13. Sorrows of the Black City

    أحزان المدينة السوداء

    by Muhammad al-Fayturi

  14. Theatre

    Title text of the poem Theatre

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

    video audio

  15. Uncle Abdur-Raheem

    ما يغشاك شر

    by Mohamed Al-Hassan Hummaid

  16. Weaving a World

    العالم نسيج الأصابع

    by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

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You can read three versions of each poem: the original, a literal translation and a final translation. We hope the latter works as an effective new poem in English, while staying close to the original poet’s intention.

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