فتحي مهذب - الهجرة. Immigration... ترجمة الدكتور يوسف حنا . فلسطين.

Immigration
By Fathi Muhadub / Tunisia
From Arabic Dr. Yousef Hanna / Palestine
Whenever we lead the way to the sea
Escaping from the hell of prostitutes and bankers,
From clowns’ deceptions and ashes of meaning,
The convoy of tears and nostalgia attacked us.
Mercy us, Uncle Israfil (1)
The wind
Hits our boat with her big baton
Like an arched back maid
Who stings our foreheads with her accursed tone
Take it away in your limousine
To carry us away wandering at sea
Water bells confuse us
Coffin dance on the horizon
Fish fins condolence wipes.
Oh, Uncle Israfil
Oh, pragmatic king of winds
We lost our lamps at the bottom of the text
And from the clay of our sticky days
We made jars
Then we filled it with sweat and tears
And whenever an angel passes by,
Hoping to carry it to God,
Greyhounds had just chased him,
Bats and blind luck owl,
Witches in patchwork rags
And the mamba snakes' eyes.
We have been waiting for you for a long time, Uncle Israfil
To carry us in your luxury car
to the promised paradise.
Either the meaning was not straightened up in its context
Nor the mysterious subtleties were not exposed.
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1 Israfil: is one of the four Islamic archangels, who blows into the horn to signal and to announce the Day of Resurrection (the Day of Judgment).
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