KADMOUS

By Charbel Baini

Translated by Mirna Nehme

-1-

And you remain Kadmous 

Lord of lords:

Ink, pen, lessons

And two brand new exercise books

-2-

Oh tutor of generations

In your book we read 

How these children 

We make their forehead bigger

-3-

Today we became many

And you were only one 

Writing at the fire light 

And shining like a sun

-4-

Your vessel till today 

Still in our eyes

Do not be afraid 

Sleeping can not get us

-5-

In your feast oh god of letter 

My faith increase

To describe it of description 

My tongue will tire

-6-

Students like flowers 

Are dancing at your feast 

They got drunk and drunkenness 

From the smell of your wine

-7-

What do I tell them about you? 

Oh moon without absence

I will explain to them 

That you have been dead for ages 

And yet you have not become soil.

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