We present this work in honor of Algerian Independence Day.

 

My country
I am a Lion
And I will make you tremble
til your forests
Me, the Crazed
Mad for the love of his land
Where no other madman
Resembles me
My
Stature
Stands tall
Your
Grave
Cannot
Contain it…
The earth turns
Even lying down
I
Rise
Like
A
Palmtree
In
The soil
Of the earth.

Translation by Nadia Ghanem