Sudan, Muhammad A. Al Mahdi [read aloud books .TXT] 📗

the Sudan


The dark land


The land of the rising sun


Sings out, like a song


When she suffers in silence,


An Africa young and dreamlorn


Like the schoolgirl I remember


Greeting me with her smile


Under the mango tree that was me


My friend in happiness and sorrow


A girl or a continent


Known, still a land


Yet unknown


Bring back only one day of our happiest time!


One song my land sang


From its inner dark heart


And it rose deep into the skies


For minutes, in its joys and soft chords


Of sluggish bitter-sweet lament


My two hearts, my both worlds


Became one


And I was me


I


I said, brother


And I knew


What I meant


I


That was me


As I am


Sweet mighty land


Unparted


Sacred


And whole


Fall not apart


For the soul you inhabit


When you fall,


It shall cease


La wa la!


I shall resist the gun and the warplane that make


My sons your sons' murderers


Your sons enemies of my sons


La wa la!


I shall resist the onslaught in all tongues of the Nile


In all tongues of the Nile I shall chant your freedom


And throw myself against the walls


Of oppression and man's enslavement


By man


In every colour


And pretext


It takes


O, my heart, if love breaks you,


Let it be!


My black Laila


Of Southern eyes


If there is a morrow


To its dawn


Let us flee!


[ Reviewed by Larry Lounsbury 8/13/2007

A very great journey which shall eventually flow to a river where swords shall be turned to plowshears. Reviewed by Steve Ralph
9/9/2007

beautiful and heartfelt, a real pleasure to read, thank you for sharing it
Steve


Reviewed by Regis (Reg) Auffray

Beautifully expressed; very compelling Mahdi. Thank you for sharing this gift. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Dear Ustaz Mahdi, salams.

We thank you a lot for your message and your literary works.  We highly appreciate them...

Please accept our best wishes and regards.

Almidan ]


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