Araqeeb Yahya Al-Hammadi
ِAraqeeb By Yahya Al-Hammadi Translated Hatem Al-Shamea The upended world has righted itself! O wolf— Are you Yusuf? Or Ya‘qub?! I pointed to the distant homeland, reproachful: “Our eyes have withered— When will you return?” I fell silent— Twilight wheeled in farewell Like blood dragged by its slain. My staff of verse snapped— And …