Marionette ـ Written by : Hossam El-Okdah ـ Translated by : Lena Abdelhamid
Marionette
Have you ever seen a wooden puppet?
She is one.
She is coming and going.
Preforming on a stage for me.
Telling me tales.
She was walking on the stage.
There was no space.
She can not be upset or happy.
But when will she?
The five strings are controlling her
But do not be deceived
If you see her, you will not be happy.
Inside her are things
But she still dances and sings,
About him and me.
And behind her are thousands of singers
singing in the most beautiful languages
She speaks but its not her voice
Not her laugh..
But her lips are moving to the voice behind her.
The puppet is hurt, but doesn't say
When will she ever learn from the past?
No matter how many times the hands change
The puppet remains the same.
They choose every thing for her
Even her moves.
And everyone is watching or joking
They examined the stitching of her fabric
And good things will not be said.
Because it is useless.
If good things were said; no one would notice.
But the show still goes on.
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Written by : Hossam El-Okdah
Translated by :
Translated by: Sarah Emadـ Written by : Hossam El-Okdah ـ Bird ـ قصيدة عصفور للشاعر : حسام العقدة / ترجمة : سارة عماد
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Bird
A bird free in cage
But imprisoned.
One who sings beautifully
Or was
His tongue is long
Catches sight of a single feather, lying on his wing
In seconds, his tears dried away
That very day he danced,
of happiness.
...
This bird was not one to dig
But when he scratched a single scratch
hundreds of scissors came to his nails.
Why would he scream?
The very scream that not a soul could hear.
Not an eye looked his way.
...
Wanting to live, yet life is to far
with wings and feathers
Flaps his wings but still can not move
No longer able to sing
Not a single sound to voice
...
And now if the door is opened,
He could never fly
A destined prisoner
With the cage embedded within him.
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Written by : Hossam El-Okdah
Translated by: Sarah Emad
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