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- Modern leaders -

Bin Laden
Saddam
Double u
...
Oh!
Ah!
Oh!

- Electronic butting -

'In the name of Almighty...
From the underground
of the 'seventh land':
we will fight you.
...
Butt them...
until the last prostration,
For the last believer"...
...
F
A
U
G
H!

- Satellites' kicking -

"In the name of
'Adnan and Qahtan' (1)
from the abdomen
of the last palace's bunker
together with the last sad Iraqi
who hir ears
and tongue
have not been chopped,
for refusing
conscription, (2) ...
We will teach them
lessons...
They would never
Forget"...
U...g...h!

- Nukla (Nuclear) -

"We... gonna smoke
Bin Laden
An Kaida
out of their holes"
"Mc... no mistake
we... gonna Mc... Sadam [Saddam]
sit up
an... lis[t]en"
"we gonna nuke [nuclear] them
If nece...ssssaaa ...rrry"...
We gonna ray...djim ...
Chan...ge"
P...s...h...a...w!

- jam -

Lad... U...
Sad...U...
Double...U...
Oil...U...
Coke...U...
Mc...U...
Arms...U...
Dollar...U...
Euro...U...
U...U...U...
"I'm lovin'it"
You? ...
P...o...o...h!

- Choir (3) -

O Hajj M...double
yo...ya...
How much did you save?
Yo...ya...
I have saved a quarter...
Yo...ya...
The equivalent of an Egyptian pound
yo...ya...
O Hajj M... turbaned
Yo...ya...
How much did you save?
....
Oh Hajj M...barrel
Yo...ya...
How much did you save?
...
Yo...ya...
Yo...ya...
...
Dear me!
Save me!

- Che...fez (4) -

To Fidel:
"Let Jose (5) ,
Pablo (6)
And Che (7)
be known:
They are alive.
Chavez (8) "
...
Vi
Va
...
Ca
Ma
Ra
Da!

- Nasr (9) ... -

"Hussein (10)
Salah, (11)
Patrice, (12)
Ho, (13)
Che,
Shafia, (14)
and Gassan (15)
have asked me:
'give little hope
to the poor,
after long
waiting'.
My answer was:
'Here I am!
At your service'! "
...
They responded:
"Good
On
Ya...
Hassan! "

-
(1) Adnan and Qahtan: Names of Arab ancestors.
(2) Conscription: Cutting off ears and tongues are methods of punishment used by Saddam's regime against those who refused conscription and other opponents.
(3) Choir: Rhyme and rhythm of this stanza are based on an Arabic children's song
called "Oh Hajj Mohamed".
(4) Fez: It means in Arabic: to win – to succeed.
(5) Jose: Jose Marte.
(6) Pablo: Pablo Neruda.
(7) Che: Che Guevara.
(8) Chavez: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez.
(9) Nasr: First part of Hassan Nasrulla's surname, which also means victory.
(10) Hussein: Grandson of Mohammad. Martyred in the Battle of Karbala in 680.
He is highly respected and inspiring Imam for Shi'a Muslims.
(11) Salah: Salahuddin Ayyubi.
(12) Patrice: Patrice Lumumba.
(13) Ho: Ho Chi Minh.
(14) El Shafia: El Shafia Ahmed El Sheikh, a Sudanese communist and trade union
leader, Martyred in the early seventieth of last century.
(15) Gassan: Gassan Kanafani, a Palestinian novelist, poet, author and freedom fighter, Martyred in Beirut by the Israelis in the early seventieth of last century.
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Written in Arabic in Sydney,2002 - 2006. Translated by the poet.
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P.S. As poems loose alot of their essence and technique, when translated to other languages - particularly rhyme and rhythm - members with English as their first language are welcome to edit or paraphrase any of my poems. Names of editors will be acknowledged where ever the edited poem published. With many thanks.

Habib Fares





Poetry by Habib Fares
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Written on 2007-04-22 at 15:03

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