Forgive us if the winds besiege us

Do you hear the neighing of horses

On the riverbank?

It's okay.. sleep

If this time withholds

A melody flirting with your eyes!

The most beautiful thing about you

Is this legendary resilience

Above humiliation and oppression!

Be the aged anthem

In the false time!

Be the safety and the embrace

For those holding onto embers

So no between.. between!

No retreat to the shade in the name of neutrality

I fly to the end of the earth

I meet you, my map, and the longing that..

Returned me in dreams and in wakefulness..

Longing for you!

And I wonder how the towering stars

Choose your sky over the sky!

And birds yearn like me

For the rising of the sun and the full moon in you!

And forgive us, if the winds besiege us

The land narrows despite its vastness

And your eyes are the light of lamps

In the darkness of night

Do you hear the neighing of horses

On the riverbank?

Sleep,

And don't mind the rumors!

The tyrants pass and you remain!

The drum of wars falls silent and you remain!

Don't panic!

The terrifying darkness will pass

And dawn will rise!

In the false time

You remain above humiliation and oppression!

* Sudanese poet