Two poems from The Abduction by Maram Al-Masri, translated by Hélène Cardona
O human brothers
O human brothers
O world
I had a child
I hid him in my belly
he shared my body
I fed him my blood
we shared my dreams
I sang for him, he smiled
I carried him, he stopped crying
they ripped him from my arms
I stopped singing
Do you remember
Do you remember
that little boy
who lived with his parents near us?
do you remember
when his mother entrusted him to us
when shopping?
and I’d put you ...
