موقع الشاعرة المصرية
فاطمة ناعوت

عـُمـَر


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فاطمة ناعوت








القاهرة، 18 سبتمبر 2002




Fatima Naoot

Omar


He has built a city
With sun, trees, river
Tall buildings
Fences
Of short shadows
Unlocked doors

Omar
Has put cars in streets
People inside cars and houses

Omar
Is a just Caliphate
Awards the good
And expels the evil

The city wall
Is getting expanded
People and buildings
Are growing

What's Omar's is Omar's
And what's God's is God's
Dry orange peels
Reptiles and socks chips
Covers of empty bottles
Spilled tubes of ink
Bridges
MacDonald's prizes
And in the end
A mother's heart
Smashed by eight years
Of reading about autism
And silence

Omar
Talks to nobody
His good creatures
Dug the ground
Found nor gold neither oil
They found but bread and wine
And became immersed in life

People in the city
Loved Omar very much
Every evening
They beg him to grant them another day
And Omar talks to nobody

Omar
It was not me who destroyed the city
It was the broom


Cairo
September 18, 2002


From Arabic: Turki Amer
November 26, 2003








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