Analysis of Saša Milivojev - AMAL
Saša Milivojev 1986 (Serbia)
Saša Milivojev - AMAL
In the rhythm of the Pain of the World a song dedicated to a girl from Yemen who died of starvation
- Mother I am hungry,
I am hungry momma.
- Sleep now my beloved, close your eyes and see,
from Jannah your father shall return to thee.
Through remnants and ruins
and dunes of blood
seas full of dead bodies
and starving sharks
walked towards the sun in the skies
barefoot, faint and hungry
girl with teary eyes.
I am hungry momma…
Hungry mothers tears are trying to hide
from the eyes of their children
seeing mountains of bones of those who died
Body covered In abaya, crucified
trembling in the eye of the child
Even heavens cried the bloody tears
yet from brazen World
not a word was heard
- Daddy will not come back,
Instead to him I shall go.
I am not afraid to go on my own,
but mother, I am too late, I know,
Look at my bones, look at me,
my skin they cannot carry.
Bomb blasted
the Yemen train
ravaged the desert to deserted plain
dug out a living wound
a troop of pupils in a single day
to the voiceless pit forever put to lay
Wails are deafening,
fallen on their wedding died groom and bride
chilling cries on Pluto echoing
Clouds blushed in pink,
Angels all perished in a blink
Momma I am waiting for you,
smiling and hungry no more,
Come, daddy is waiting for thee
by the Jannah door.
Emerald green garden is growing,
fig tree is in bloom,
The river of milk and honey is flowing.
Translated by Ljubica Yentl Tinska
Scheme | x a bCbb xdxxebe C faf fx xxx ghxh bb diixjj kfk ll xmbmkxk g |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101 0010101101011000101110111010 101110 111010 1110111101 1111010111 110010 0111 111110 0101 10101001 11010 11101 111010 1010111011 1011110 1010111111 10100110 100001101 101010101 11101 10111 101111 0111111 1110111111 110111111 1111111 1111010 110 0101 1001010101 110101 0111000101 10101010111 11100 1011101101 101110100 1101 10110001 10111011 1001011 11011011 1011 10110110 11101 01011010110 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,408 |
Words | 278 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 4, 7, 1, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 6, 3, 2, 7, 1 |
Lines Amount | 47 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted by Sasa-Milivojev on March 01, 2020
Modified by Sasa-Milivojev on March 01, 2020
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