Childish Scenes
Childish Scenes
By :
Sherefa Al-Sayed
Translated by :
Hassan Hegazy Hassan
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1
Innocence
A child makes from
his papers' notebook a night boat
Passes it across the water,
Jumping:
Help …. Help !!
While another boy
makes from his papers' notebook
an airplane and guns!
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2
Transparency
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A boy closes his eyes and imagines:
-How does this plant reproduce?
Will it get married?
-Can the mother put me again
in her womb for more months?
-Where does the sun go in the evening?
Where can I see ( God ) Allah?
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3
Destiny
Among cars, a boy runs
from my window,
My soul gets out towards the boy,
Sitting in the corner of the café,
Drinking some tea
Gnawing some of the ( La'ey )
And on T.V screen
a boy throwing
an enemy with stones …!
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Submitted by Hegazyhhh on February 22, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXAX XX XXXBX CXD E DXXXXBF EDXCXEFXBX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 738 |
Words | 141 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 2, 5, 3, 9, 10 |
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