[منى هلال]

The Snake and Pig Hunter

He tried every trick in the book to put an end to treason and collaborations with the enemy,
and turned gray in the process.
He offered his youth, fighting and resisting.
What shocked him most, at his old age,
were the infiltration and spread of snakes and pigs into,
and all over, the satellite channels in broad daylight,
in warm embrace with enemy’s women.
He called all the collaborators, after obtaining their telephone numbers
from the decision centers nationwide,
to invite them to an honoring party held in the name of
“The International Society for the dissemination of Peace”.
As the party, which attracted the entire nation’s belly dancers, gathered momentum,
he triggered the bomb.
Then he departed to attend the wedding party of the son of his friend the martyr.0

Translated by Mona Helal

صياد الأفاعي والخنازير
جرب كل الأفكار والحيل للقضاء على العمالة وخيانة الوطن
وشاب وهو يقاوم ويجاهد
ولهول مارأى في مشيبة انتشار الأفاعي والخنازير نهارا جهارا
على شاشات الفضائيات في عناق حار مع نساء العدو.
جمع تليفونات العملاء من مراكز القرار على مستوى الوطن
ودعاهم لحفل تكريم دولي باسم :" الجمعية الدولية لنشر السلام "
وفي ذروة الحفل الذي جمع كل راقصات الوطن
أشعل فتيل القنبلة وذهب الى عرس ابن صديقه الشهيد.

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