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  1. long Alphabetic religious verses

    Quote Originally Posted by Mohammad Ahmad View Post




    Alphabetic sermonic verses


    Written by:

    MMA


    Iraq- Mosul


    A is for Allah
    Allah is the Creator
    He has neither son nor father.
    Be careful with him! O worshipper
    Perhaps to His pardon you are winner
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    Allah creates you in a well- picture
    You may notice his virtue in each manner
    To him everyday, you should be prayer
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  2. One of the Andalusian Terza Rima translated by me

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    Andalusian Terza Rima

    The poem belonged to a poet from the Andlusian period, I translated the poem from Arabic to English, I am quietly acquainted that this poem is not translated as a free translation, but as I heard that it was sold in the European bookshops , one of them said to me your translation is better than those...
    I didn't produce the Arabic origin because I know no one here is understanding the Arabic language.

    What is terza rima?
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  3. Fever....Fever...Fever...

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    Winter comes and it can calm the fever


    Long poem written by

    Mohammad Mahmud Ahmad


    Iraq- Mosul



    Fever… Fever… Fever…
    Who can endure the fever?
    What damage causes the fever?
    Headache… backache…sever body pains….
    Two weeks ago or more, I suffer…
    Griefs fill my faded eyes at gloomy moments…
    Felt as if I was put on unfathomable valley…
    My emotions,
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  4. Let people determine their dream

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    Let people determine their dream

    Verses written by the Iraqi translator

    Mohammad Mahmud Ahmad


    Earth would complain and close its window.
    Sever obstacles denote to harm future from now…
    What can we do if politics turn mad?
    Alas! Our fate nowadays turns on evils hand…
    Sever cautions of sever melancholy dreams…
    A child beseeches Allah in crying terms…
    O, meadow let me taking a nap for a while…
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  5. The hen that adopts ostrich's nestling-poem for children

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    The hen that adopts ostrich's nestling

    Written by

    Mohammad Mahmud Ahmad


    The rooster sees a large egg one day
    It has two colours white and gray.
    He steals it from a poor bird's nest.
    When he comes back from another way

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    The rooster asks the sparrow, is it yours?
    The sparrow astonishes and flees away.
    Staggering, cursing the occasion of that day
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