Suantraí Sarah is Asmahane

Publication Instance Details #555

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	No	No	Yes	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	War HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear)
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	cailín a fuair bás lena máthair Asmahane i mbuamáil Bhéiriút, Lúnasa 2006
Notes	This poem takes place during the 2006 Lebanon War, in which Israel laid siege to Beirut, bombing its airport, blockading sea routes, and closing its airspace. According to the Guardian newspaper: 'Israeli air force planes ranged freely across Lebanon, bombing villages, army bases, bridges and a television station as the Jewish state intensified its campaign to win the release of two soldiers captured by Hizbullah on the border on Wednesday.' This poem traces the death of a young girl and her mother as the result of the conflict, with the poet lamenting her through a lullaby-like poem. The 'seó sín seó' refrain in the poem is a play on the Irish word for lullaby, 'seoithín seó', and the 'Suantraí' in the title refers directly to a lullaby as well.