23/05/2024
The call of freedom to peoples yearning for glory
Abdul Latif Barrada
O you who live in the heart of an oppressed tribe that has sunk to the bottom
Arise, poet, and you may resist the bats of darkness
I wish you would leave isolation forever and shake off the dust of fear forever
Let's go, embrace the rebellious letters again and build the edifice of the poem that enlightens minds
Speak and let your written illusions be shaken in a unique way. Hearts have become hard like stone, rusty like cheap metal that wears out and disappears.
Here they are, these religious people who have filled us with sermons about the principles of humanity, watching the massacres with eyes that barely blink.
They have no emotions and little solidarity. All seek higher interests and do not care about fate
O poet, publish the hymns of your language before censorship abolishes its authentic accent
These hypocrites have no language other than backstabbing and continued hypocrisy
Their language is forgotten and their conscience is buried in the depths of darkness, not caring about fate
Today is theirs and tomorrow is based on the unknown, so when the question comes up
Please do not return to your isolation, poet, except to complete the poem
Here is the moon returning after the end of the glorious sunset, comforting you in the sound of the night
In your terrible silence, meditate and come up with whatever ideas you have that you can turn into beautiful songs
In your isolation and absolute silence, light your candle and scatter the leaves
Hold the pen and write from embers that kindle flames in hearts that have died and become rocks
How happy you were in your solitude, the thoughts that inspired you with wisdom that illuminated the minds of people who were immersed in enjoyment
Leaders who are not of the stature of leadership indulge in enslavement and deny values
After lean hours, there are flowing lines hanging from your fingertips, writing rebellious letters
Write and do not let your fingertips tremble
A line of letters that do not know the compliment, perhaps you will find a reader worthy of saying it
Fossilized minds do not care about those who seek freedom from slavery
O stone, the edifice of civilization, can you speak and speak the truth?
Where are the universities, where are the schools, where are the hospitals
All of them were destroyed under the banner of slogans that became a mockery
What good is it to you, O stoner, now that the Mongols are attacking you with shovels?
What is the use of skyscrapers inhabited by dwarves who do not dare to resist the Mongol armies preparing to overthrow dreams?
How many towers were built of bricks and glass have become a mirage
I wish you, oh lofty skyscrapers, could stand the cape of sphinx to tell to successive generations the woes of the labyrinth of peoples lost among the paths of a false civilization.
Neither construction nor institutions fit the aspirations of generations
Here they are shouting to the mullah things that the leaders do not like
We have our vision and goals. We will review all the rules and correct all mistakes
Arise and speak, you angry one, and break the shackles and knots, and make your poem a beacon for humanity immersed in darkness.
Speak and express the truth, build bridges of love, and reduce the distances between peoples
Civilizations of spit buildings gouge the clouds while man sinks in the mud, regurgitating the crumbs he eats.
Shake off the dust of the effects of compound ignorance
Come on, rise up like a flood and shake off the humiliation and its attachments
Talk to those who are staring at your writing without realizing it
He spoke and erased the distances between nations with an accent and a language that knew no distortion
Let your poems, with their angry hymns, build skyscrapers of ideas and wisdom that breathe life into nations.
And let it be written in ink from a sip of rain so that the deserts become green in the oases of the most beautiful lessons
Say: Did you not dream of writing poems that would hasten a new dawn that would liberate the peoples from the tyranny of ignorance and the oppression of the tyrants? Consider the injustice and the darkness.
I wish this damned history had a soothing conclusion concluded on a note from a symphony
I wish all treasures were decorated with an icon bearing codes of good news
Why did you deny us the seven wonders of the world and make us forgotten peoples?
My hair wandered over the crack, but like the screeching of doves, I was satisfied with some judgment and blame that neither revives nor kills a people accustomed to indifference.
Thus, I woke up from a fleeting dream, and my shadow left vanities, and they appeared and fell asleep