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The sea and exile

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The sea and exile

To the martyr Abdel Majeed Shakak

D. My generation Abdul Rahman

And excuse me...

If the cup is tired,

And the cry is banished in the chains of glory,

Who cares about me?

acres of wine,

This is my arterial sea that bleeds in exile.

Crazy ghosts

And the wrinkles of the grim dirt... in a chain of years

And forehead curves!

The mother's supplication wakes up behind the door of dawn

You invite me

He turned his click for a humiliating living

And forgive me

If we dance in the autumn of life,

In the wilting rose!

We sipped beer from our palms

Like cytoplasmic magic

And I see you in the desert

Like haunting ghosts

And the night became clear in my eyes,

In two prisons

A desert filled with sand... in the beautiful sea

The evening choir became impossible,

Squeaky moans!

O virgins of green ecstasy...

Warmth poured from the dead man's face

And he came to me

Like the sail of the sea mesmerized by songs

Where is the helpless person in the prison of time?

Where are we who are chained in the well of humiliation?

Arise...and embrace the oasis of joy,

Bless its spring for our sake

And it appears like a star in the deserts of our night

- The disease of sadness has killed you, Ghafara!

They will not lead the sea into exile,

And the bottom of the wave is within us

Love will never dry up in the heart,

We warmed up

And the exile is damned stupid

We lit its dial... during the day

The Temple of Age is venerable

How do you turn it into a suicide?

O tents... I come to the beat of the songs

Your dawn hair is full of meanings

So open the doors, Khartoum

Orphans and virgins ululate

“And remember us as we remember you.”

We are prisoners of poetry

“And the doubbits that Qana... are drunk.”

My friends

Cuba is protected from the desert wind

We are without love,

Without determination,

Confused ghosts

We are a source of goodness from you, and a wedding in blood

So excuse me, my friends

If I raise the cup this evening

Hundreds of thirsty eagles... their flapping wings flew

Left in the darkness of exile...

And the prison of pride

Taif and the Night Flower

To the human martyr Hassan Al-Taher Zarrouk

D. My generation Abdul Rahman

It bloomed with balm and singing

"Night Flower"

For the poor... getting high

My red carnation... sir

And a morgue where the veins freeze... blood

The minaret of the mosque is ashamed

Stumble you struggle with it

In its darkness, its barking alleys

Dogs...bite birds,

She flew without wings

And you plead with her,

I come from Omdurman

And filling my shirt...with the scent of shrines

Don't bother me

A Messiah... His testimony is weapons!

She attacked you, so let me chase her

And its fangs are in the blood of the massacre

The night flower sprouted a cup of bitter melon

And she was chirping from your palms,

Clusters...like ears of corn

And a berry, and a shadow on a stream

A piece of bread with water and salt

With palm trees and family

He heals the wounded

And a lemon bears fruit... it provokes tears

I loved holding saws.

A slogan with the night,

Disappearing from prying eyes

And your nose stings with cold and snow,

And a dirty stretcher!

Summer is sacrificed, O Rebekah, life is wasted.

And he is spreading

Fragrant lilies

The flower of the night is ashamed and does not shine

And you disappear beyond the horizon

- Anis

You argue with me with mercy and modesty

You look at me suddenly

And all the seasons, and my cranky life

Redemption for the one who departed

He prayed praise for its mourning countries

He lit a fire in us yesterday morning

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