نص Poem

نص

رأيت الملاك

والعصافير مذبوحة
ورأيت الحصان
 
العساكر
والشجر الميت
السيدات الحزينات
السيدات الولوفات على الولولات - الصراخ
 
رأيت الشوارع والعربات الانيقات مسرعة
رايت المراكب و "الشفع "الابرياء
 
قلت كيف هو الطين يا سيدي الماء
في هذه الحال
كيف الدخان - الظلال - الروائح
لكنني
لم اقل - عامدا - كيف حال البيوت
 

Poem

I saw the angel
and the singing birds slaughtered.
I saw the horse,
the soldiers,
the grieving women,
the dead trees, and other women
inured to screams and wailing.
 
I saw the streets, the gusting wind,
the sports cars
racing by, the boats, the innocent kids.
 
I said, ‘Master of the Water, this is
how things are: tell me about the clay,
the fire, the smoke, the shadows, the smell
of reality.’ Deliberately, I did not ask
about our homes.
 

Poem

Unfortunately Hafiz Kheir's literal version of this poem is not available, for which we apologise.
 

Original Poem by

Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

Translated by

Hafiz Kheir with Mark Ford Language

Arabic

Country

Sudan