Indian Ocean - MAB Elhad

string of islands that I shell

I put so much hope in your name.

IOC!

When I hear the spelling of these initials…

I meditate and think of the people

Who swears only by her reputation!

I saw who still believed in the terms

Of an active cooperation

Who avoid inaugurating chrysanthemums,

In this garden of initiatives.

I dare still believe in the well-being of a world,

Where would be banished the arbitrary and poverty

It is in this peaceful zone that I found,

My great ambitions of revolted citizens.

I assert this multiple identity,

Which is ours. And if my language is rainbow,

It is to better greet, Indian Ocean mother.

Sea waves of pleasures;

Where the insularity carries in it, abundance and joy.

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MAB Elhad (Mohamed Abderemane Boina Foumou) (Born 1968) Comoros

Translated by Antoisse

Source: Poètes des îles de la lune