There Is no Light in the Eyes
To the struggling common people of SyriaThere is no light in the eyes
a trembling in the fingers
the birds don’t wing
everything glowing red hot
blood of the heart
lava at the roots of trees
wounds from searing bullets
infernos in worming spiralling shapes
spirits get torn out by the roots
in rummaged earth
by instruments well-designed
for death and horrorwho of the dead can you resurrect
and to which idea can you be initiated
what type of song can you sing
and what voice can you utter
with a frenzied range
which the beating sun has dried up
where tears and water taps
become volcanoes
where the springs of life
become haunted by ghosts
ΔΕΝ ΥΠΑΡΧΕΙ ΦΩΣ ΣΤΑ ΜΑΤΙΑ
Στον αγωνιζόμενο λαό της ΣυρίαςΔέν υπάρχει φώς στα μάτια
τρέμουλο στα δάχτυλα
τα πουλιά δεν φτερουγίζουν
όλα πυρακτωμένα
αίμα της καρδιάς
λάβα σε ρίζες ΄δεντρων
πληγές από πύρινα βέλη
πυρκαγιές σε ατέρμονα σχήματα
ψυχές ξεριζώνονται
σ’ ανασκαλεμένη γη
με σύνεργα καλοφτιαγμένα
για θάνατο και φρίκηποιούς νεκρούς ν’ αναστήσεις
και σε ποιά ιδέα να μυηθείς
ποιά μορφή να τραγουδήσεις
και ποιά φωνή να βγάλεις
σε εκτάσεις αλλόφρονες
που το λιοπύρι στέγνωσε
που τα δάκρυα και οι βρύσες
γίνονται ηφέστεια
που τα νάματα της ζήσης
στοιχειώνοτναι
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