Star of poetry is one of Charbel Baini's books translated from Arabic into English. Introduction by Dr. Mostapha Helwe

Party Leader

 

Like sheep, a partisan leads us

President, arrogant, wavering

Every day we salute our thief

He who steals the honour of the salute

He is a liar... and treachery runs in his veins

Even his breath is more deceitful than his words

He struts like a wild predator

But when fleeing, he is a rabbit

He is never quenched by water, 

No matter how much he suffers

He drinks nothing but red blood

Like a prince, he lives in luxury in his palace

While poverty suffers in our huts

At his wedding, all creatures rejoice

And at our death, no honourable person mourns

For the people know he is a coward

Among them, insults and calamities are inflicted

But my people are kind and forgiving

And death comes so that the kind may suffer

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