Poem

Mohammed Abu-Talib

Side by side

Prepitaph

When I am dead
Bury me not dead,
But alive!

When my eyes are shut
And my lips are sealed
Lean over my heart;
You’ll hear it bleed!
Listen to my bones;
You’ll hear them crack.
And then my brains
Will answer back:

“Yes ! He is dead!
“ Bury him not dead,
“But alive!”

Mohammed Abu-Talib

(Morocco, 1930)

Mohammed Abu-Talib was born in the thirties in Fes, Morocco. In his native city, he received both primay and high school education before he went to the USA to continue his studies. Thus from 1959 to 1964 he studied at Jacksonville State University, Alabama, Howard University, and Georgetown University. Then, he moved to Guanajuato University (Mexico), and from there to Santander (Spain). He al...