Chapter Ten First Model: Elegy for Al-Zubair Mohamed Saleh Jamal Makaser Ali His dwelling, the house of departure, *** I will not find good in it. Oh, my emir, ask us, our souls. Oh, my emir, ask them. My beloved, my eyes are sacrificed for you. My beloved, and her dark complexion, I have seen. I have seen many loved ones. And every hour passes. A bitter drumbeat, a painful lament. And he did not perish in the place of the problem. So the wind blows, oh settlement. And in the sea, an emir descended. Your news came, bad, no, no. And a step preceded it, asking. This Al-Zubair, if he was visited. And oh our children, Al-Zubair is ill. His standing with Al-Bashir. *** I was ashamed with the trust of Umm Nuwat. Oh, Abu Saab, you are difficult to untie. Oh, my brother, and the Lord of all, and I am the arm of the Yemeni people. Who has not yet asked about the Muslim. And with your departure, I am not satisfied. His fate is harsh, and Sudan is sad. *** His dwelling, oh master of the name. And you were a man of Sudan, not a man. *** And you were a liberator, not to be deceived. And you became high, you will not be judged. And you were my measure of height and size. And you were a friend whose heart did not betray. Oh, the brave one who is not ashamed. You disappeared, and words other than yours are not completed. *** A bitter drumbeat, a painful lament. And he did not perish in the place of the problem. So the wind blows, oh settlement. And in the sea, an emir descended. Your news came, bad, no, no. And a step preceded it, asking. This Al-Zubair, if he was visited. And oh our children, Al-Zubair is ill. His standing with Al-Bashir. *** And we are all returning, except for the question. In a moment, the calamity is revealed. Oh, the traveler who did not return, did not satisfy. His dwelling, the house of departure, *** I will not find good in it. *** The traitors were heedless and lost him. And if they had been present, they would not have lost him. Also, in your answers, they will bring him. Al-Zubair, his death, they lost him. *** - 125 -- 124 -