JAAFAR SADIG EL WAAD Poems

Beyond all Words
see not only the swooning eyes
Of the lover so deep and tender
listen not only to the sound
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When a child I had unanswered questions
Some old man brought me from his fairy
Imaginations wondrous answers. Whenever
I repeated them taking Allah as my Witness
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Where the shepherd entertains himself
The sheep fastly finds a way to freedom
to a no-ruler kingdom to play at random
well-equipped to devour and enjoy self-
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History has nothing to do with happenings
It rather starts with burnt tents exiled men
Stolen treasure raped women leaving nix
But trampled dreams and broken creeds
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Swoon on my lap tender
To wash my wound softer
Like an angel sent to ease
We'll stand firm to release
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I did love and worship
Rejecting in hardship
All diverting things
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Born in the last decade of the old regime
Born a twain year before our unity to bear
All the flourishing devoid credos and pro-
phecies that foresaw our dark current futures
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Tell me: how do politicians look at themselves
in the mirror: Do they have any, I do ask?
-They surely laugh like drunkards promising
to climb higher.
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Don't be like that elephant that caused the infants
to slaughter one another indifferent to its posterity
he lifted the corrupt dropped the ripe and bullied
the resolute warrior
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