(……..)
Is law important
When nothing is left in the hand of the criminal
But a wilting rose
And when horizons of crime dwindle
To nothing
What is the gain
from adding nothing to nothing
As long as the sun is the same
Being the queen ruling over
Continents of paper
poem by: Jean Dammu
translated by : Amal Ibrahim
kindly revised by the poet: George Szirtes
Is law important
When nothing is left in the hand of the criminal
But a wilting rose
And when horizons of crime dwindle
To nothing
What is the gain
from adding nothing to nothing
As long as the sun is the same
Being the queen ruling over
Continents of paper
poem by: Jean Dammu
translated by : Amal Ibrahim
kindly revised by the poet: George Szirtes
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