Oh, Army, your clout and penance live on the universe without end
Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker Abdalla, a poet and writer from African country Sudan, shares his fresh poem
Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker is a TEFL Teacher, Poet, Journalist, Activist, and Freelance Interpreter/ Translator from Umbda Omdurman – Sudan. He also has been working as a debate leader discussing various topics in many English Institutes, Centers, Academies and Schools. He can be reached at: americanslang64@gmail.com
End This War
You are proficient in your karma
You are liable for your well-being
You were born allied in a cause, knowing that better men would come
To stand against subversion, bent together your might
Parading forth into the eclipse, counseled your essential fortitude
On the ranges of conflict, where remorse and unease squat
You stay your legacy in the tint of valiance and stalk
The tangling sound of shells ties near, amidst screech and snivels
Your audacity waves within, the falconry
You have forsaken behind your household
Your families and your bubbles
To uphold emancipation on native lands
It’s only when all hope implies damaged
And your tedious quest implies so far
When all the clans are against us
You prepare how vigorous you truly are
All things are gone to effort peace
You must tackle and provide terrific victory
I am convinced God is attending over us
In the decaying defeat of a nation torn apart
The rebound of your spoor parallels riot the heart
For you quarrel with faith, you brawl for what’s right, A valiant banded in the clash
Oh, Army, your clout and penance live on the universe without end
Your temper shines on, like a bonfire, glorious
Where imagination of dignity and praise smash, in ideal tranquility, your spirit ascends As you contest for your homeland
On misty night, still and all time may pass, your spunk won’t quit, In the course of anarchy and ruination of the nation
And truly, conquest comes, but at a great worth
As the sand fixed and the biceps fell quiet
You delight your pride
You glorify the break of the war, presuming that your sacrifices have captured a glistening subsequent
The battle had taken much from you, but it had also rewarded the vitality to generate ultimate embellishment, where reconciliation and clover could quirk once more
Your spirit abides in interminable love
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POET’S NOTE
The poem captures nearly one year since war broke out in Sudan, causing a devastating humanitarian crisis and bringing long-existing political and ethnic tensions into sharp focus. The conflict has exceeded the initial realm of fighting between the SAF and the RSF as armed groups across Sudan are challenging existing governance structures. Confounding political relationships are forming between elites and their communities, and historical allegiances are shifting and affecting the current conflict landscape. The recent ethnic targeting of some communities in Darfur and Kordofan resulted in significant shifts in demography and governance at the local level that will likely be difficult to reverse. As ethnic-based alliances are forming, other armed groups mostly JPA signatories are undergoing fragmentation and further disconnection from their political leadership, and emerging militias are motivated by new opportunities as well as historical grievances.
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