People’s mouths stuffed with nails,
No longer daring to reveal (even in a joke)
The hatred for the nails’ hammers,
And no longer remembering how to extract those nails
In order to curse their torturers with a voice as loud as thunder…
The original poem in Arabic:
حرب لا نريدها فيما بيننا
أفواه الناس محشوة بالمسامير،
ولم تعد تجرؤ على أن تفصح (حتى في نكتة)
عن حقدها على طارقي المسامير،
ولم تعد تذكر كيف تنتزع تلك المسامير
لتلعن جلاديها بصوت يدوي كالرعد…
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