Noah’s Children

 

Mohamed Khadir 
Translated by Munir Mezyed 

I wonder

Which of these heights

Will be drowned by the flood

Which ship will run away with all the poets

From the claws of water 
I wonder 

what will be floating 

On the rubber surface 

besides friends, kangaroo and detecting devices!!

Which wind will remain

After the wetness of the mountains

 And the bargaining of the clouds

Over the Greenhouse effect..?

Which woman will laugh from her heart

When the critical narrative is completed

With Algae and scattered ponds throughout the terrain…?

How many trees are needed to sew this salvation?

Noah’s animal pets said: 

O Heaven

We will assume justice 

In the text

And accuse the sails of betrayal 

They drag us toward the abyss  

Which appropriate music

Will be chosen by the drowning

for those screams 

which they flow like violins 

Who will gain the title of the vast mercy 

And slaughter this obsession  

Like a lost warrior!

I wonder 

Who will come next 

To the gallows of others 

While we are where no one

Which court will whip our tamed failures 

Such as Noah’s wild cows 

Will birds drown….?