The Poem for Baghdad

(Baghdad's Poem)

 I died today in Baghdad

When having tea between the two rivers

At a teahouse

Oh, what rivers, what people and what a Mesopotamia

Someone called me

A girl with gold earrings

A car passed by

A young man ran away

And the there was a blast

Oh, what a blast, what an explosion

What deaths, what groans?

I saw a man die out with the death of his family

I saw a child remain dumb

I saw a girl of whom only her gold earrings were remaining

One wanted to steal them

Even my name.

 I died today in Baghdad.

In Baghdad.

Oh, what a city, what a territory, what a Mesopotamia

Blossomed of its plains are lonely now

Blueness of its rivers red

Who awaits me now?

Blueness of a lonely blossom by the river?

Eyes of a waiting girl whose gold earrings are being taken in a hand?

Oh, Baghdad, Baghdad where is my way?

Wind blows

One inquires himself from anther

Day has left Baghdad hence.

 Jun.9.2007

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