Abdul Karim Al-Ahmad | A concert - Koncert

A concert

In a while
And with these fingers that have never pulled a trigger
I will play a tune
On a sunflower
On your shirt buttons if I can
A tune
Longer than the river Rhine
More powerful than the whistling of the wind that travels with its diplomatic passport
To the sound of rumbling tanks
I will play that rebel tune
To the audience who doesn’t take the performance seriously
To the sun that investigates the identity of the new prophets
To dogs who think about sex
To that invincible force
I will play a tune
With or without these crooked fingers
On matchboxes
On walls
Where ‘The people want’ is written
On barbed wire sharper than it ought to be
On shoes that run marathons on bad days
I’ll play the tune
That’s spreading through these fingers now
Like a boat that has overcome its obsession with sinking

Koncert

Za tren

I s ovim prstima koji nikad nisu povukli obarač

Zasvirat ću melodiju

Na suncokretu

Na tvojim gumbima ako mogu

Melodiju

Dulju od Rajne

Jaču od zvižduka vjetra koji putuje s diplomatskim pasošem

Uz zvuk gromoglasnih tenkova

Zasvirat ću tu buntovnu melodiju

Za publiku koja ne shvaća predstavu ozbiljno

Za sunce koje istražuje identitet novih proroka

Za pse koji razmišljaju o seksu

Za tu nepobjedivu silu

Zasvirat ću melodiju

S ovim krivim prstima ili bez njih

Na kutijama šibica

Na zidovima

Gdje je napisano "Ljudi žele"

Na bodljikavoj žici oštrijoj nego što bi trebala biti

Na cipelama koje maratone trče u lošim danima

Zasvirat ću melodiju

Koja se sada širi ovim prstima

Kao brod koji je prevladao svoju opsesiju s potonućem.

Prijevod s arapskog na engleski: Catherine Cobham
Prijevod s engleskog na hrvatski: Sonja Smolec