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A letter to Maryam Mahmoud

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A letter to Maryam Mahmoud

O mother, O Mary... O compassionate one

I have a lot like you... Oh good-natured one

I miss and have no regrets... Be patient

Oh mother, Mary

I am not a disobedient child... I did not cheat or steal

And the military separation... between your legs and your heart

Between me is the regret... and what happened to you

Oh mother, Mary

I know your tenderness for me, please help me

You always tell me and in the eye you kill me

I meet him in the middle of the night, your heart warms me

An evil shadow has been said against me in my years

If you knew me, if you knew me

I love you so much

And the military is the separation between your heart and your legs

Between me is the regret... and what happened to you

Oh mother, Mary

All day and night, I have something in my eyes for you

But I am very resourceful, and I have no fear or worry

Here is my heart for you, a handkerchief when the tears flow

Say it, Maryam

And the military is the separation between your heart and your legs

Between me is the regret... and what happened to you

Oh mother, Mary

I don't ride saddles, and I don't even care

O mother of your religion, how much is the religion of the homeland an ambush?

I never saw Wad Al-Zein who was alone

Malila, Al-Ain told him how much of a hermit he was

Show us Nasik where.. Show us how to say hello

Come back, leave the crack, what he said, and your face will knock

Repent of what stands between me and my death moving forward

He said, "I don't get the shin. I don't get the shin."

If they gave me blood to drink

And the military is the separation between your heart and your legs

Between me is the regret... and what happened to you

Oh mother, Mary

How many of my loved ones have had no paths between us

The two lovers did not say goodbye to what they blocked with bricks

Come on, tell me what's on, Wop

Come on, tell me what's on, Wop

He did not leave the hour of death when the saddle was upside down

The bullets scattered in his body and split apart

They found him smiling and trying his tricks

You can smell the scent of his youth

As you say, your wedding day is coming, Dude

He said, "I won't bring the sheen. If they make me drink blood."

And the military is the separation between your heart and your legs

Between me is the regret... and what happened to you

Oh mother, Mary

The prison is full of men who cannot be trampled

The Khutti before me, the Sas and the Shalu, are the people

He turned and asked why he didn't hold the booklet

They didn't hear him speak, we didn't pick the axe

Fever knights and guards in the neighborhood, we gather

Asham Al-Qadr, what a cup, he did not find a home to receive

Asham Al-Tawah, hungry, tired, destitute

And the military is the separation between your heart and your legs

Between me is the regret... and what happened to you

Oh mother, Mary

Don't say what you did, don't cry, what did you do?

Other than that, there are people who care about me and are equal to me

Knight with knights guard our country house

My brothers, as high as the wall, I am a brick and have not been circumcised

Dale from the time you came to the one you wrote you read

Our sweat produces milk and oil

The shards and chairs are like straws of sulfur

You say well, I came back with the knights

Fayette border Wasit

And she sings, O Maryam, Lina, and runs to sleep

And the military is the separation between your heart and your legs

Between me is the regret... and what happened to you

Oh mother, Mary

Personal card

Full name: human

And the good people are my parents

The party is my beloved and my artery

I need an ID card

From other than the world and before them

In front of me are fake islands

The profession is fought and learned

A student at the People's School

The school opens onto the street

And the street is light in the heart

And the heart is popular housing

And my religion is where you want me

My sisters and brothers were displaced

He searched his friends and neighbors

Leave me in your prison and forget me

In your prison inside the cells

Armani and shoulder hands

For a human future

And for our upcoming children

And the horoscope is okay, pink

And the lives of the Sudanese people

You will find me in the mouth of the cannon

You will meet me in front of the soniki

And I'm screaming under the knife

Revolution is my path and my days

Numbered. Long live freedom

Your prisoners

Your prisoners.....your prisoners

We tweet in your cells

Birds wounded by your knives

We sing while we are in your captivity

And you tremble while you are in your palace

Your heavens are your smoke

Your prisoners

Despite you, we still are

We grow with our earthquakes

We love in our chains, we mock your cells

Your prisoners

Stories of the first passion we tell

The beginning of the long song...we sing it

Fact and not to be interpreted, we will escape from your headlines

You will be ignorant of your addresses

Your prisoners

In Sudan, our positions

And Sudan has our emotions

When you blow our emotions, what are the tricks of your laws?

Your prisoners

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