A Wish
By Lyrikline Collaboration Poets
Published 1 January 2021
By Hanane Aad
Translated by Tim Heffernan & Haider Catan
Dust is death’s perfume.
Anthems smell of freedom.
If only I can smell my freedom
before I die!
If only I can sing my anthem
before being overwhelmed
by dust!
Click here to listen to Hanane Aad reading this poem in Arabic on Lyrikline.org.