Poems

from 'The Death of Abderrahman'

The sun and the moon move by precise calculation - Quran 55:5
 
After the weighing/reckoning/judgement
Disarray/confusion/consternation/distress
Where       (the) star (the) tree
 
Early (on)       the visit
Omen/foretells/presages/Foretelling
 
That day
Your heart is light
Rejoicing
(A) celebration/party at the house
Those waiting/who wait at the corner
Contract killers/hitmen/hired killers
 
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Good deeds
are we to deny
(a) mercy
Two gardens full of flowers
two others in shade/shaded
The wait/waiting is long
(the) springs/sources have dried up
lament
on waking/at dawn
four assassins
(who) seize you