Jean D’Amérique

Dec 23, 2023 | wordswithoutborders.org | Iryna Shuvalova |Nisrine Mbarki |Sinan Antoon |Jean D’Amérique

After our house in Jabalia was destroyed we hid in the UNRWA school. But the bombs followed us there too . . . Translated from Arabic by the author

Aug 14, 2023 | wordswithoutborders.org | Jean D’Amérique |Tobias Carroll |Nina Perrotta

Sleep little child,little child, go to sleepdon’t budgeif your heart conks outThe State’ll use itto keep its wheels turningIf your veins are slit,don’t bleed out. The State’s an engineer,it needs bloodto pour the concrete                                         of deathSleep little child,little child, go to sleepdon’t beat yourself upthat’s why the cops have jobsgo on and sleep now,don’t worry,Boulòs’ll open another store, tomorrowif I win the lottery,I’ll buy you a dream.