Co-transcreated from Arabic by Vivienne Glance and Afeif Ismail.
Suddenly,

they grow up

as if they hadn’t lived with us under one roof

since their birth;

as if we did not know them,

                                   minute

                         by

               minute,

they become free creatures,

we are no longer the centre of the circle,

but

     a distant point on a line.
They have their own dreams

other than those that we drew for them

since before they were born.
We gave them their unique names

that never existed in the dictionary of similarities!
There is a reason for the sun to shine

when they are spreading their wings to fly;

while we are still the residents of the last century

                                                            and yesterday

they play their tune between the clouds

and they call us distinguished earth people;

at that moment

they will forgive us

for our interference

with their lives.