Poems

Sahara

by Mohammed Ebnu

What lies behind
those walls
inscribed with your name
written in the colour of your blood?

Black, beautiful, hidden eyes

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The original version of this poem is written in Spanish. The literal translation of this poem was made by Tom Boll. The final translated version of the poem is by Workshop.

Another poem by Mohammed Ebnu that we have helped to translate is Children of the Sun and the Wind.

You can find out more about the translation process on this website. You can also add your own comments on this poem here.

There are details available about Saharawi Poets Visit Soas, another one of our events that Mohammed Ebnu was involved in.

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