Translated by Abbas El Sheikh
Give up the awards
Give up the status
Give up the elegant costumes
that cover their fat bellies
Give up their lame dreams
that let us climb to their illusions
Give up their deceptive life and their false glories
Give it all up and leave it all for them
And let’s
take shelter
under
the shade
of the blooming tree
of poetry
18.10.2003
Wellington
Give up the awards
Give up the status
Give up the elegant costumes
that cover their fat bellies
Give up their lame dreams
that let us climb to their illusions
Give up their deceptive life and their false glories
Give it all up and leave it all for them
And let’s
take shelter
under
the shade
of the blooming tree
of poetry
18.10.2003
Wellington
