To Jaafar Nimeiri

On the occasion of the coup that occurred in Sudan

Which ended in failure, and victory to President Nimeiri

For God and people stand with him

The dawn appeared, dispelling mist and gloom,

And Nimeiri's sword lit every mountain's room;

The Arabs' steeds neighed loudly in the sky,

And marched upon the tyrants with scourge on high;

The world's eyes watched throughout the sleepless night,

Fearing the blaze of that resplendent light;

Hopes pressed around their radiance, drawing near,

As spheres converge above the ocean's sphere;

Behold the army of the right in fervent heat,

They strike — none linger at the rear, retreat;

They terrified the enemy's array,

And routed remnants with their swords that day;

And Anwar with Nimeiri in unity

Revive our Arabism through eternity;

They marched together in strength and solidarity,

United in the unity of destiny;

This Arabism fears not its enemies,

The lion fears not any wolf-pack's tease;

Arabism's unity shall not be torn,

Its portion in triumph is nobly born.

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Poetic Heartbeats

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Publication date 1981

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My Mother O My Mother Greetings, O My Mother Her Birthday My Mother, Arise Breath Returned Echo of Her Anguish Mothers Day Remembrance To My Mothers Soul When the Crescent Rose The Infant When He Spoke Carefree Childhood I Fear for You A Mothers Counsel A Mothers Forbearance After His Return Do You Hear Me, My Son? If Only You Knew Our Birthday Words of Reproach Between Doubt and Certainty The Captivating Prose Poem My Absent Brother Reproach to the Absent World of Delusions Who Am I? Between Despair and Hope A Colloquy From Beyond the Phantoms Adam Love A Nights Dream O Seller of Patience Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi A Poetic Crime From Beyond the Telephone The Captive Maiden Whispers of the Soul Believe Me A Hearts Groan Companion of Youth After Youth O My Heart My Physician Private Supplication Sorrow The Cup Divination An Artists Wish To the Maiden Virgin My Solitude Breaths of Solitude The Convalescent Echo of Solitude My Testament With the Dawn O Night The Moon Springtide Inspiration of the Sea Circumambulation Reflection of a Phantom The Countryside Aswan, Bride of Upper Egypt The Parched Soul The Free Bird Purest Love The Canary Bird The Divorcee Birds of Autumn The Canary The Singer I and the Sea The Most Loyal of the Loyal From Mansoura, Bride of the Nile, to the Dam To Where? Confession The Shepherdess Salute to the Peace Conference To President Sadat Inspired by Unity To the Fighter The Martyr Inspired by the Battle To King Faisal Echo of the Foreign Tour Echo of the Tripartite Aggression O Cupbearer of the Soul Pioneer of the Free Voice of Egypt Egypt