The Dragon (poem)

"The Dragon", by the Iraqi poet Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati (1926–1999), was originally published in 1996. The translation by Farouk Abdel Wahab, Najat Rahman, and Carolina Hotchandani is from the volume Iraqi Poetry Today (ISBN 0-9533824-6-X) (c) 2003, edited by Saadi Simawe.

"The Dragon" is an example of al-Bayyati's frequent incorporation of mythological figures into his poetry.

Critics have interpreted the poem as addressed to Saddam Hussein.