كفر قاسم
أَلا هَلْ أتاكَ حديث الملاحمْ
وذبح الأناسيّ ذبحُ البهائمْ
وقصة شعبٍ تُسَمّى:
حصاد الجماجم
ومسرحها…….
قرية.......
اسمها ......
كفر قاسم؟؟….
حديثٌ أفاقَ عليهِ الجميعْ
فظنّوهُ أضغاثُ حلمٍ مُريعْ
ولكن......
تَقضّى هزيعٌ..... وجاءَ هزيعْ
وجَمَّدَ أعيننا الحالمة
وصَكَّ مسامِعنا الواهمة
صراخ الصبايا.... صراخ الحبالى
طغى وتعالى
صراخ الشباب الذبيح
ترد صدورهم العاريةْ
وأيديهم الخشنة القاسيةْ
بصاقً الرصاص الجموحْ
صراخ تفجر في أمتي
براكين بالحقد، بالنقمةِ
وباللعنة المرةِ
صراخ يهز ضمير البشرْ
ويفلق قلب الحجرْ
وينقضُّ مِثلَ القَدرْ
يزمجر كالرعد حين يُجَنُّ
فأصداؤه في النواحي ترنُّ
كأصداء أسطورة من عصور سحيقة
ولكنها....رغم ذاك….حقيقة.
من ديوان "ادفنوا أموتكم وانهضوا" لتوفيق زيَّاد

 
Kafr Qasim
Have you heard of the heroic battle,
And the massacring of innocents like cattle?
"A People's Epic," 'tis called
That is what we are told.
The harvesting of skulls,
The slaughtering of seagulls,
The Massacre of Kafr Qasim,
Horrendous, inhuman and dim.
A massacre that frightened all,
And made the hearts in the boots fall.
A story passed over from Amr to Zeid,
"Nightmarish," as it is said.
It was a very long and dreadful night
That froze our dreamy eyes, filled them with fright.

Cries for help, in our ears, are ringing
Of maidens' screaming, crying not singing,
Of pregnant women's bewailing,
That was heard far and near,
Of the being-slaughtered (young) men, O dear!
The men whose unprotected bodies and mighty hands resist
The showering reckless bullets aimed at the chest.
A cry is spreading in the nation,
Like a volcano of anger, bitter vengeance and condemnation.
A cry (bewailing) that roars like thunder,
And tears the hearts asunder.
A bewailing that makes all moan,
And wears away (shatters) the hardest stone.
A cry that assaults like fate,
And puts all humans in a dreadful state.
A cry whose echo, everywhere, chimes
Like a ringing myth of ancient times.
Alas! It is not a myth,
But a true tale that takes away the breath,
This is the legend of Kafr Qasim,
So, hear it, if you aren't deaf.


[From Tawfik Zayyad's Bury Your Dead and Leave
Translated by Dr. Mohammad Nahar Mezil