Inaam Al-Hashimi Poet Prose Poetry

Humans Have the Roar of Bad Wine

Humans Have the Roar of Bad wine
Arabic Satirical poem by: Asaad Basri*
Translated into English By:
Inaam Al-Hashimi (Gold_N_Silk

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Those who write to live 
Will gain the reward they deserve; 
While those who live to write,
God will inspire them with silence
Away from too much talking.

There is the noise of people who annoyed us 
while under the machine of sanctions and hunger 
And then annoyed us again when they got satiated 
And went on babbling about millions 
of dollars and real properties.

Humans have the roar of bad wine
It does not ascend to your head
Till you get a headache!
There, at the heights of the poem
Silence flows;
So, drink till you really get drunk
Then tell me something
You've never told yourself before !

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Translated into English by:
Em. Prof. Inaam Al-Hashimi (Gold_N_Silk )
USA
July 18th, 2012

 * Asaad Basri is a poet from Iraq living in Canada
Original Arabic text: http://www.alnoor.se/article.asp?id=162292

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