Let Me Tell You What I Saw: extracts from Uruk's Anthem by Adnan al Sayegh trans. By Jenny Lewis, Ruba Abughaida Danez Smith "is the simple idea so

"is the simple idea so hard to achieve

Family trees

and the irreconcilable rifts – between lover and beloved

 In the poem ‘Red’

Let Me Tell You What I Saw: extracts from Uruk's Anthem by Adnan al Sayegh trans. By Jenny Lewis, Ruba Abughaida Danez Smith "is the simple idea soLet Me Tell You What I Saw is the first ever publication as a dual language (English Arabic) text of substantial extracts from Adnan Al Sayeghs ground breaking epic poem, Uruks Anthem, one of the longest poems ever written in Arabic literature, which gives voice to the profound despair of the Iraqi experience. This superb translation by Jenny Lewis, Ruba Abughaida and others, brings the eloquent original Arabic epic to a new readership. Uruks Anthem