We have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat
Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker Abdalla
A poet and writer from Omdurman Umbda –Sudan, Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker works as an English Instructor, Trainer and Freelance Interpreter. He also has been working as a debate leader discussing various topics in many English Institutes, Centers, Academy and schools. He represents Sindh Courier as Honorary Correspondent in Sudan.
We Are Proud Sudanese
We stand on the high cliff: We shout as fowls accede the horizon: We stand with our people and fight for our country.
Not only that, but we are a proud Sudanese.
Regardless of multi tribes.
We are a proud Sudanese.
In spite of the dispute of the most powerful army and paramilitary group.
We are a proud Sudanese.
In spite of injurious people by gunfire accidentally.
We are a proud Sudanese.
When disgrace comes our way, when people dry land our country’s name: We live with a firm planet and uphold its majesty.
We are a proud Sudanese.
Instead of the whole destruction in Khartoum and other cities. We will be building Sudan better again to its great image.
We are a proud Sudanese.
Despite, many robbers have broken banks of the national country.
We are a proud Sudanese.
In spite of mass killing of some innocent children and people.
We are a proud Sudanese.
In spite of all, people are staying at home out of work for months.
We are a proud Sudanese.
In spite of the electricity cut of different blocks of Khartoum, Omdurman and other cities.
We are a proud Sudanese.
In spite of the majority of Sudanese families displaced to neighbor countries.
We are a proud Sudanese.
In spite of, many foreigners left Sudan.
We are a proud Sudanese.
In spite of mass, the most powerful army and paramilitary group are dead.
We are a proud Sudanese.
In spite of, a lot of families lost their loved ones.
We are a proud Sudanese.
In spite of the whole, prisoners released freely.
We are a proud Sudanese.
In spite of, many politicians who committed brutal crimes are released of jails.
We are a proud Sudanese.
We know Sudan is an exalted country
We know that someday: We all will stand and live as one family.
Furthermore, we know that sooner or later: We all would dance beneath sky.
We are a proud Sudanese.
We are a proud Sudanese.
When we stand and narrate the nationwide anthem.
Making an oath to our dear Sudan when you look back at the old days of war and hurting: We relate to you only that makes memories and history of a sourer earlier never to see so: We remain nationalistic to our dear Sudan.
We are a proud Sudanese.
We have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
POET’S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Written on May 9, 2023, this poem is about fighting erupted in Khartoum and other cities of Sudan as powerful rival military factions battle for control, increasing the risk of a nationwide civil war. Power struggle continues at the heart of the violence. Fighting broke out on April 15 after weeks of tension between the army and the powerful paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Both groups were allies. Together, they seized power in a 2021 coup. But tensions increased over the proposed integration of the RSF into the military. This is a power struggle for the control of the country. Most of the fighting is occurring in the capital, Khartoum, but clashes are reported across the country. At least 500 people have been killed and thousands injured in three weeks of fighting.
