Abdel Kader El Janabi

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I lend an ear to the blood
to the dust of Mahomet
with his two arms open wide
I lend an ear to the helicopters' rotors
...

Those whose trajectory
traverses the palm grove of names
Those whose soul's reflection
...

He is a man
who each night sleeps alone
who each day lives alone
...

The river shall flow
and those ones shall then take
without being seen
the antidote and the absences,
...

We were children in search of happiness
happiness in search of children
we were the antithesis of a world
...

Abdel Kader El Janabi Biography

is a poet born in Baghdad in 1944. He settled in France after living in London and Vienna.)

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17 January 1991

I lend an ear to the blood
to the dust of Mahomet
with his two arms open wide
I lend an ear to the helicopters' rotors
whispering during the tempest of sleep
to those souls already dead
in the pilots' heads -

I lend an ear to a bridge
that lies down with the trembling waters
at every warning siren
borne by a flock of stars
towards the circus of memories

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