The Barbarian
By: Ahmad Hussein
Translated from Arabic By: Adib S. Kawar
The arrogant West from the rear
Like a “Flamingo” dancer’s shoes
Who his spirit’s moaning he doesn’t listen
From his madness’
Cave she is trying to flee.
His own empty stairway he is mounting
Coughing with haughtiness
Fitting a sick God
I am the foolish civilization’s baby
That not a single massacre it didn’t commit against others
It was murdered by multi nationalities Witches
Not a single word it uttered except kisses
To be a viper
the charlatan accuses me to be;
so in his basement to raise up his cobras
un-perplexed
It is I who, how to leave caves, taught him
How to cock food
when a savage hunter he was
with his untamed dogs
the raw meat of his quarries he shared
it is I the fool by goodness
how a human being to be,
but then I didn’t realize
what did the predatory iceman
with his sharp claws do.
From the Phoenician shores of Konya to him I came
when human oblations he was sacrificing
to the ghosts of the Olympus
and taught him that Zeus
a play boy he was
like all Greek gods
likes dancing and beautiful maidens virgins he loved
with unscratched necks
art, the stage and red wine he adored
more than blood
But the barbarian
after Zeus and his comrades he got rid
his barbarian self he started worshiping
through philosophy
an heir of the Olympians he became
didn’t leave behind anything
except the oblations to them he sacrificed
Poet Ahmad Hussein
Born in Haifa Palestine 1938
Secondary school education followed by a short university education
Born in a middle class peasant family, which moved from massmass village to Haifa, but presently living in Massmass.
Worked as a school teacher in different schools up till 1986
Took part in civil activism, and cooperated with the late Mansour Kardoush (One of the founders of Land Day) and Saleh Baransy and others in establishing several civil service societies, among which was “The Center of Revival of Palestinian Culture” in Taibeh town
The Society of Prisoners Advocates”, “Human Rights Society”, “’Sawt’(voice) Cultural Publishing Society” Nazareth” and “Voluntary Work Society” – Massmass.
Worked for several years as a regional field voluntary work for the cooperation establishment – Genève
My Books:
· Time of Fear – A poetry collection – Abnaa Al-Balad Movement
· The Expected God’s Hymn -- A poetry collection – Al-Asswar Publishing – Acre
· The Exodus from the Hijra Era – A poetic narrative(?) Assawt
· The Face and the Nodule – A collection of short stories – Assawt
· With Sorrow I Exhilarate Anew – a lengthy poem – Canaan magazine publishing
· Edward Saied Between the Realities of Illusions and the Illusions of Reality – A study with other studies in one book – Canaan Magazine
· A Message in Rejection – A collection of articles about the period and the Palestinian human being – A volunteer publisher
· Readings in the Square of Execution – A poetry collection – Kul Shaie publishing house
· A collection for children -- Kul Shaie publishing house
· Many articles and poems on enternet
Under publication:
Azanatem poem and other poems -- Kul Shaie publishing house
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