Something Wrong

Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen

1.

There is something wrong in the bed,

In the bird that flew over the bed,

In the poem that was written

To describe the pleasures of the bed

And in the surprise waiting for the bed at the end.

2.
There is something wrong in the fingers,

Longing, and the moment of embrace.

There is something wrong in the body.

I mean in the apples of the body

And in their unfaithful strange desires.

3.
There is something wrong in the glass and alcohol,

In dance and the female dancer,

In nudity and the act of nudity,

In coffin documents,

In the anthem, the noise

And in the wars that ate their children

Or will eat them soon.

4.
There is something wrong in the secret,

Grave, exile and between the legs.

There is something wrong in the airplane,

In the cockpit

And in the years that suddenly disappeared

Without prior warning.

There is something wrong in the sea,

In the sitting near the sea

And near the naked women.

I mean the completely naked women.

5.
There is something wrong that becomes huge

And another that breeds.

The third becomes old,

The fourth weeps.

The fifth escapes from exile  to exile,

From tear to tear

And from ashes to ashes.

6
There is something wrong in the letter and in the dot,

In the sandy clock and the rocky clock,

In the memory, the appointment and the knife,

In the key, the door of the house and rain,

In the kiss and the word of regret,

In the desire of your lips and my lips,

In: I love you,

In: Goodbye.

7

Finally,

In magic short,

There is something wrong that just resembles me

As the sea resembles itself,

As the music resembles the bird of the dawn.

A wrong that neither forgets nor forgives until death,

Opens the door of death

In black quietness

And flies.

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Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen's poem Something Wrong has been chosen and published as one of The Best Australian Poems 2012 (edited by John Tranter). This anthology contains poems for more than 60 famous Australian poets, such as Peter Rose, Les Murray, Rob Walker, Larry Buttrose and Bruce Dawe.

Something Wrong appeared in his collection Something Wrong (Salmat Press, 2012).

Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen reads his poem: Something Wrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_wRPYXlfJ4

Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen reads 5 of his poems

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tizdKP7wPNs

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