The Map of the Upright Way
"People
hope to set Imam in the battalion mute.
Guess
belied them; no Imam but the mind,
Can
give daily advice, no one can that confute."*
No
Imam embittered by ancient conflicts,
Lost
luster a thousand years,
Tarnished
by pagan rites,
Can
lead the offended hearts
By
fits and starts
To
dig graves for opponents,
Flaming
up with rage for things elapsed,
Eluding
the womb which gave them breath,
Neglecting
the earth that witnessed their birth.
The
eternal law for nation to survive
Is
to be one, when catastrophes come,
When
Liberty is threatened, when wealth is gone,
When
civilization of 6 thousand years collapse,
Museums
looted, libraries undone,
The
historic memory is lost, to be forgotten,
Like
savages to begin from a crown
Our
progress, our hanging gardens, our hope
For
better future of a world
Praying
God, the only one.
Peace
should not by faiths won
Neither
democracy by military gun.
Peace
with justice for all nations
Should
reign by mind under the sun.
The Gorillas
Gorillas
came from lairs unknown
Leaping
to reach the unstable thrown.
Charred
corpses hooking the arms
In
peaceful sleep defying the arms.
Mothers,
sisters and wives,
In
rage are screaming their mishap,
Clapping
their chests in great alarm.
Yesterday
they shared their meals,
Now
blood is oozing from their eyes,
To
remember the throws of childbirth in their pain.
Piteous
shrieks are heard in vain
Horizon
glowered, lighting the unlighted eyes,
The
pale faces of their darlings lay in peace
No
longer they live in disgrace,
In
voidless battles gripped with gory death
Wars
were won with sword in hand
No
valor, no strength is needed now.
Balls
with teenager's hand
Suffice
for victory over the sand
The
will of resistance never can stand
The
Dance of the victorious over the land.
Yusra
Al Ayoubi
Sunday, 3 May 2003
*
Abul Ala'a Al Ma'arri (973-1057 A.D.): Famous Arab philosopher and poet.
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