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they asked "do you love her to death?" i said "speak of her over my grave and watch how she brings me back to life
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Mahmoud Darwish
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I am from there. I am from here. I am not there and I am not here. I have two names, which meet and part, and I have two languages. I forget which of them I dream in.
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Mahmoud Darwish
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On the train we swapped seats, you wanted the window and I wanted to look at you.
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Mahmoud Darwish
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Have I had two roads, I would have chosen their third.
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Mahmoud Darwish (In the Presence of Absence)
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If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears.
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ุฃุญู’ุจูŽุจุชููƒู ู…ูุฑุบูŽู…ุงู‹ ู„ูŠุณูŽ ู„ุฃู†ูƒู ุงู„ุฃุฌู…ู„ ุŒ ุจู„ ู„ุฃู†ูƒู ุงู„ุฃุนู…ู‚ ูุนุงุดู‚ู ุงู„ุฌู…ุงู„ู ูู‰ ุงู„ุนุงุฏุฉู ุฃุญู…ู‚
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We are captives, even if our wheat grows over the fences/ and swallows rise from our broken chains./ We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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ูˆู‚ู„ูŠู„ูŒ ู…ูู†ู’ ุงู„ุฃุฑู’ุถู ูŠูŽูƒู’ููŠ ู„ูƒูŠู’ ู†ูŽู„ู’ุชูŽู‚ูŠุŒ ูˆูŽูŠูŽุญูู„ูŽู‘ ุงู„ุณูŽู‘ู„ุงู…ู
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Mahmoud Darwish (ููŠ ุญุถุฑุฉ ุงู„ุบูŠุงุจ)
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And if happiness should surprise you again, do not mention its previous betrayal. Enter into the happiness, and burst.
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Mahmoud Darwish (ูŠูˆู…ูŠุงุช ุงู„ุญุฒู† ุงู„ุนุงุฏูŠ)
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And you became like the coffee, In the deliciousness, and the bitterness and the addiction.
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Mahmoud Darwish
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The stars had only one task: they taught me how to read. They taught me I had a language in heaven and another language on earth.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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Where can I free myself of the homeland in my body?
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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ู†ุญุจ ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ุบุฏุงู‹ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠุตู„ ุงู„ุบุฏ ุณูˆู ู†ุญุจ ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ูƒู…ุง ู‡ูŠุŒ ุนุงุฏูŠุฉ ู…ุงูƒุฑุฉ ุฑู…ุงุฏูŠุฉ ุฃูˆ ู…ู„ูˆู†ุฉุŒ ู„ุง ู‚ูŠุงู…ุฉ ููŠู‡ุง ูˆู„ุง ุขุฎุฑุฉ. ูˆุฅู† ูƒุงู† ู„ุงุจุฏ ู…ู† ูุฑุญ ูู„ูŠูƒู† ุฎููŠูุงู‹ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู‚ู„ุจ ูˆุงู„ุฎุงุตุฑุฉ ! ูู„ุง ูŠู„ุฏุบ ุงู„ู…ุคู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุชู…ุฑู† ู…ู† ูุฑุญ ... ู…ุฑุชูŠู†!
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ู…ุญู…ูˆุฏ ุฏุฑูˆูŠุด
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The days have taught you not to trust happiness because it hurts when it deceives.
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Mahmoud Darwish (A River Dies of Thirst: Journals)
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No night is long enough for us to dream twice.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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My love, I fear the silence of your hands.
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Mahmoud Darwish
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ู„ู„ุญู†ูŠู† ุฃุนุฑุงุถ ุฌุงู†ุจูŠุฉ ู…ู† ุจูŠู†ู‡ุง : ุฅุฏู…ุงู† ุงู„ุฎูŠุงู„ ุงู„ู†ุธุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ูˆุฑุงุก ูˆ ุงู„ุฅูุฑุงุท ููŠ ุชุญูˆูŠู„ ุงู„ุญุงุถุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ุงุถ ! ู…ุญู…ูˆุฏ ุฏุฑูˆูŠุด .
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Mahmoud Darwish
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I have learned and dismantled all the words in order to draw from them a single word: Home.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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Fame is the enemy of instinct and spontaneity, the difference between what is said and what ought to be said, and the transformation of one person into two
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Mahmoud Darwish (A River Dies of Thirst: Journals)
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She does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it. from โ€œShe Does Not Love You
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Mahmoud Darwish (A River Dies of Thirst: Journals)
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ุงู†ุง ู…ู† ุงู†ุง ู…ุซู„ู…ุง ุงู†ุช ู…ู† ุงู†ุช ุŒ ุชุณูƒู† ููŠ ูˆ ุงุณูƒู† ููŠูƒ ูˆ ุงู„ูŠูƒ ูˆ ู„ูƒ ุŒ ุงุญุจ ุงู„ูˆุถูˆุญ ุงู„ุถุฑูˆุฑูŠ ููŠ ู„ุบุฒู†ุง ุงู„ู…ุดุชุฑูƒ .
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Mahmoud Darwish
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Out of my ignorance, I called you a homeland and I forgot homelands are taken away.
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The wars will end and the leaders will shake hands, and that old woman will remain waiting for her martyred son, and that girl will wait for her beloved husband, and the children will wait for their heroic father, I do not know who sold the homeland but I know who paid the price.
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Mahmoud Darwish
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ุงู„ุญู†ูŠู† , ุดูƒูˆู‰ ุงู„ุฒู…ู† ุงู„ู…ูู‚ูˆุฏ ู…ู† ุณุงุฏูŠุฉ ุงู„ุญุงุถุฑ , ุงู„ุญู†ูŠู† ูˆุฌุนูŒ ู„ุง ูŠุญู† ุฅู„ู‰ ูˆุฌุน
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Mahmoud Darwish (ููŠ ุญุถุฑุฉ ุงู„ุบูŠุงุจ)
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Far away, our dreams have nothing to do with what we do. The wind carries the night, and passes on, aimless.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Absent Presence (Modern Voices))
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Be my lover between two wars waged in the mirror, she said. I don't want to return now to the fortress of my father's house. Take me to your vineyard. Let me meet your mother. Perfume me with basil water. Arrange me on silver dishes, comb me, imprison me in your name, let love kill me.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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I learnt all the words worthy of the court of blood So that I could break the rule I learnt all the words and broke them up To make a single word: Homeland..
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Mahmoud Darwish
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ุญูุฑูŠุชูŠ: ุฃู† ุฃูƒูˆู†ูŽ ูƒู…ุง ู„ุง ูŠุฑูŠุฏูˆู† ู„ูŠ ุฃู† ุฃูƒูˆู†
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Mahmoud Darwish
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The poem is in my hands, and can run stories through her hands.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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ูุงู„ู…ูˆุช ู‡ูˆ ุฃู† ุชุฑู‰ ุงู„ู…ูˆุช
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ู„ู„ู†ุณูŠุงู†)
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Maybe the moon is beautiful only because it is far.
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ู„ู„ู‚ุงุชู„ ุฃู† ูŠูู‚ุชู„ุŒ ู„ู„ู…ู‚ุงุชู„ ุฃู† ูŠู‚ุงุชู„ุŒ ูˆ ู„ู„ุนุตููˆุฑ ุฃู† ูŠุบู†ูŠ
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ู„ู„ู†ุณูŠุงู†)
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We have on this earth what makes life worth living: Aprilโ€™s hesitation, the aroma of bread at dawn, a womanโ€™s point of view about men, the works of Aeschylus, the beginning of love, grass on a stone, mothers living on a fluteโ€™s sigh and the invadersโ€™ fear of memories.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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I love women whose hidden desires make horses put an end to their lives at the threshold
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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ุงู„ู†ุณูŠุงู†ู ุชุฏุฑูŠุจู ุงู„ุฎูŠุงู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุงุญุชุฑุงู… ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน ุจุชุนุงู„ูŠ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ, ูˆุงุญุชูุงุธู ุงู„ุฃู…ู„ ุงู„ุนุตุงู…ูŠู‘ ุจุตูˆุฑุฉู ู†ุงู‚ุตุฉู ุนู† ุงู„ุบุฏ
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Mahmoud Darwish (ููŠ ุญุถุฑุฉ ุงู„ุบูŠุงุจ)
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ูุงูุฑุญ ุจุงู‚ุตูŠ ู…ุง ุงุณุชุทุนุช ู…ู† ุงู„ู‡ุฏูˆุก ู„ุฃู† ู…ูˆุช ุทุงุฆุดุง ุถู„ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ ุงู„ูŠูƒ ู…ู† ูุฑุท ุงู„ุฒุญุงู… ูˆ ุฃุฌู„ูƒ ู‚ู…ุฑ ูุถูˆู„ูŠ ุนู„ูŠ ุงู„ุงุทู„ุงู„ ูŠุถุญูƒ ูƒุงู„ุบุจูŠ ูู„ุง ุชุธู† ุงู†ู‡ ูŠุฏู†ูˆ ู„ูƒูŠ ูŠุณุชู‚ุจู„ูƒ
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Mahmoud Darwish
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Do not be absent for too long, then come and ask about how I am, details die with time and stories change.
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Mahmoud Darwish
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Please take your time. I want you to kill me slowly so I can write my last poem to my wife's heart. They laughed, and took from me only the words dedicated to my wife's heart.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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ุฃุนุฑู ู‚ู‡ูˆุชูŠ ูˆู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ุฃู…ูŠ ูˆู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ุฃุตุฏู‚ุงุฆูŠ ุฃุนุฑูู‡ุง ู…ู† ุจุนูŠุฏ ูˆุฃุนุฑู ุงู„ููˆุงุฑู‚ ุจูŠู†ู‡ุง .. ู„ุง ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ุชุดุจู‡ ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ู„ูŠุณ โ€ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ู…ุฐุงู‚ ุงุณู…ู‡ ู…ุฐุงู‚ ุงู„ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ูุงู„ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ู„ูŠุณุช ู…ูู‡ูˆู…ุง ูˆู„ูŠุณุช ู…ุงุฏุฉ ูˆุงุญุฏุฉ ูˆู„ูŠุณุช ู…ุทู„ู‚ุง ู„ูƒู„ ุดุฎุต ู‚ู‡ูˆุชู‡โ€ุงู„ุฎุงุตุฉ ุงู„ุฎุงุตุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุญุฏ ุฃู‚ูŠุณ ู…ุนู‡ ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุฐูˆู‚ ุงู„ุดุฎุต ูˆุฃู†ุงู‚ุชู‡ ุงู„ู†ูุณูŠุฉ ุจู…ุฐุงู‚ ู‚ู‡ูˆุชู‡ุŒ ุซู…ุฉ ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ู„ู‡ุง ู…ุฐุงู‚ ุงู„ูƒุฒุจุฑุฉ โ€ูˆุฐู„ูƒ ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู† ู…ุทุจุฎ ุงู„ุณูŠุฏุฉ ู„ูŠุณ ู…ุฑุชุจุง ุŒ ูˆุซู…ุฉ ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ู„ู‡ุง ู…ุฐุงู‚ ุงู„ุฎุฑูˆุจ ุฐู„ูƒ ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู† ุตุงุญุจ ุงู„ุจูŠุช ุจุฎูŠู„ ูˆุซู…ุฉ ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ โ€ู„ู‡ุง ุฑุงุฆุญุฉ ุงู„ุนุทุฑ ุฐู„ูƒ ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู† ุงู„ุณูŠุฏุฉ ุดุฏูŠุฏุฉ ุงู„ุงู‡ุชู…ุงู… ุจู…ุธุงู‡ุฑ ุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก ูˆุซู…ุฉ ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ู„ู‡ุง ู…ู„ู…ุณ ุงู„ุทุญู„ุจ ููŠ ุงู„ูู… ุฐู„ูƒ โ€ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู† ุตุงุญุจู‡ุง ูŠุณุงุฑูŠ ุทููˆู„ูŠ ูˆุซู…ุฉ ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ู„ู‡ุง ู…ุฐุงู‚ ุงู„ู‚ุฏู… ู…ู† ูุฑุท ู…ุง ุชุฃู„ุจ ุงู„ุจู† ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุงู„ุณุงุฎู† ุฐู„ูƒ ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู† โ€ุตุงุญุจู‡ุง ูŠู…ูŠู†ูŠ ู…ุชุทุฑู ูˆุซู…ุฉ ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ู„ู‡ุง ู…ุฐุงู‚ ุงู„ู‡ุงู„ ุงู„ุทุงุบูŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู† ุงู„ุณูŠุฏุฉ ู…ุญุฏุซุฉ ุงู„ู†ุนู…ุฉ.โ€ ู„ุง ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ุชุดุจู‡ ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ู„ูƒู„ ุจูŠุช ู‚ู‡ูˆุชู‡ ูˆู„ูƒู„ ูŠุฏ ู‚ู‡ูˆุชู‡ุง ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ู„ุง ู†ูุณ ุชุดุจู‡ ู†ูุณุง ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุŒ ูˆุฃู†ุง ุฃุนุฑู ุงู„ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ู…ู† โ€ุจุนูŠุฏ ุชุณูŠุฑ ููŠ ุฎุท ู…ุณุชู‚ูŠู… ููŠ ุงู„ุจุฏุงูŠุฉ ุซู… ุชุชุนุฑุฌ ูˆุชุชู„ูˆู‰ ูˆุชุชุฃูˆุฏ ูˆุชุชู„ูˆู‰ ูˆุชุชุฃูˆู‡ ูˆุชู„ุชู ุนู„ู‰ ุณููˆุญ ูˆู…ู†ุญุฏุฑุงุช โ€ุชุชุดุจุซ ุจุณู†ุฏูŠุงู†ุฉ ุฃูˆ ุจู„ูˆุทุฉ ูˆุชุชุบู„ุจ ู„ุชู‡ุจุท ุงู„ูˆุงุฏูŠ ูˆุชู„ุชูุช ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ุง ูˆุฑุงุก ูˆุชุชูุชุช ุญู†ูŠู†ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุตุนูˆุฏ ุงู„ุฌุจู„ ูˆุชุตุนุฏ ุญูŠู† โ€ุชุชุดุชุช ููŠ ุฎูŠูˆุท ุงู„ู†ุงูŠ ุงู„ุฑุงุญู„ ุฅู„ู‰ ุจูŠุชู‡ุง ุงู„ุฃูˆู„.โ€
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ู„ู„ู†ุณูŠุงู†)
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ูุฃุฌุงุจ: ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุญู„ู… ุฃู† ูŠุฑุดุฏ ุงู„ุญุงู„ู…ูŠู† ูƒู…ุง ุงู„ูˆุญูŠ / ุซู… ุชู†ู‡ุฏ: ุฎุฐ ุจูŠุฏูŠ ุฃูŠู‡ุง ุงู„ู…ุณุชุญูŠู„! ูˆุบุงุจ ูƒู…ุง ุชุชู…ู†ู‰ ุงู„ุฃุณุงุทูŠุฑ / ู„ู… ูŠู†ุชุตุฑ ู„ูŠู…ูˆุชุŒ ูˆู„ู… ูŠู†ูƒุณุฑ ู„ูŠุนูŠุด ูุฎุฐ ุจูŠุฏูŠู†ุง ู…ุนุงู‹ุŒ ุฃูŠู‡ุง ุงู„ู…ุณุชุญูŠู„ !
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Mahmoud Darwish (ูƒุฒู‡ุฑ ุงู„ู„ูˆุฒ ุฃูˆ ุฃุจุนุฏ)
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ุงู„ุณุงุนุฉ ุงู„ุญุงุฏูŠุฉ ุนุดุฑุฉ ูˆุนุดุฑูˆู† ุฃู„ู ู‚ุฐูŠูุฉ ูˆุซู„ุงุซูˆู† ุซุงู†ูŠุฉุŒ
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ู„ู„ู†ุณูŠุงู†)
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All roads lead to you, even those I took to forget you.
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Mahmoud Darwish
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You won't find the same person twice, not even in the same person.
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Mahmoud Darwish
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We suffer from an incurable malady: Hope.
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Mahmoud Darwish
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ู„ูุงุฑู‚ ุจูŠู† ุงู„ู†ุฑุฌุณ ูˆ ุนุจู‘ุงุฏ ุงู„ุดู…ุณ ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ูุฑู‚ ุจูŠู† ูˆุฌู‡ุชูŠ ู†ุธุฑ: ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ ูŠู†ุธุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุตูˆุฑุชู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ูˆ ูŠู‚ูˆู„: ู„ุง ุงู†ุง ุฅู„ุง ุฃู†ุง. ูˆ ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠ ูŠู†ุธุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุดู…ุณ ูˆ ูŠู‚ูˆู„: ู…ุง ุงู†ุง ุฅู„ุงู…ุง ุฃุนุจุฏ. ูˆ ููŠ ุงู„ู„ูŠู„ุŒ ูŠุถูŠู‚ ุงู„ูุงุฑู‚ุŒ ูˆ ูŠุชุณุน ุงู„ุชุฃูˆูŠู„!
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Mahmoud Darwish (The Butterfly's Burden (English and Arabic Edition))
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he says I am from there, I am from here, but I am neither there nor here. I have two names which meet and partโ€ฆ I have two languages, but I have long forgottenโ€” which is the language of my dreams
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Mahmoud Darwish's farwell to Edward Said
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A University degree, four books, and hundreds of articles and I still make mistakes when reading. You wrote me 'good morning' and I read it as 'I love you'.
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Mahmoud Darwish
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I melt at your glances and become music.
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Mahmoud Darwish (A River Dies of Thirst: Journals)
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And I say to myself: a moon will rise from my darkness.
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One day, I will be a poet. Water will depend on my visions.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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There is no name for what life should be, except what you did and what you do to my soul.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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Are we what we do with time, or are we what time does with us?
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Mahmoud Darwish (In the Presence of Absence)
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ู„ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ู…ูƒุงู† ุงู„ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ู…ุณุงู… ุชุณุฑุจ ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌ ูˆุงู†ูุตุงู„ ูŠูˆุญุฏ ู…ุง ู„ุง ูŠุชูˆุญุฏ ุฅู„ุง ููŠู‡ุง ู‡ูŠ โ€ุฑุงุฆุญุฉ ุงู„ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุถุฏ ุงู„ูุทุงู… ุŒ ุซุฏูŠ ูŠุฑุถุน ุงู„ุฑุฌุงู„ ุจุนูŠุฏุง ุŒ ุตุจุงุญ ู…ูˆู„ูˆุฏ ู…ู† ู…ุฐุงู‚ ู…ุฑ ุญู„ูŠุจ ุงู„ุฑุฌูˆู„ุฉ ูˆุงู„ู‚ู‡ูˆุฉ โ€ุฌุบุฑุงููŠุง
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ู„ู„ู†ุณูŠุงู†)
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Life defined only as the opposite of death is not life.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Almond Blossoms and Beyond)
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If there must be a moon, let it be high, a high moon made in Baghdad, neither Arab, nor Persian, nor claimed by the goddesses all around us.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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ูˆ ุฎุฐูŠ ุงู„ู‚ุตูŠุฏุฉ ุงู† ุงุฑุฏุชย  ูู„ูŠุณ ู„ูŠ ููŠู‡ุง ุณูˆุงูƒ ุฎุฐูŠ "ุงู†ุง" ูƒย  ุณุฃูƒู…ู„ ุงู„ู…ู†ููŠ ุจู…ุง ุชุฑูƒุช ูŠุฏุงูƒ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฑุณุงุฆู„ ู„ู„ูŠู…ุงู…ย 
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Mahmoud Darwish
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I want to find a language that transforms language itself into steel for the spirit--a language to use against these sparkling insects, these jets.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982)
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ููŠ ุงู„ุฎุฑูŠู ู„ุง ูŠูƒูˆู† ุงู„ุจุญุฑ ุจุญุฑูŠุงู‹ุŒูŠูƒูˆู† ุณุฌุงุฏุฉ ู…ู† ู…ุงุกุŒูˆูŠูƒูˆู† ุงู„ุถูˆุก ู‚ุตุจุงู‹.. ูˆููŠ ุงู„ุฎุฑูŠู ุชุณูƒุช ุฃุฌุฑุงุณ ุงู„ุจุญุฑุŒูˆุชู‚ุฑุน ุฃุฌุฑุงุณ ุงู„ุฏู….. ูˆููŠ ุงู„ุฎุฑูŠู ุชุฐุจู„ ุงู„ุญู…ุงู…ุฉ.. ูˆููŠ ุงู„ุฎุฑูŠู ูŠุชุญูˆู„ ุงู„ู‚ู„ุจ ุงู„ู‰ ุชูู‘ุงุญุฉ ู†ุงุถุฌุฉ.. ูˆููŠ ุงู„ุฎุฑูŠู ุชู†ูƒุณุฑ ุงู„ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ููŠุณูŠู„ ุงู„ุฎู…ุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ุณูŠุงู†.
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ุฃู†ุง ุญุงู„ุฉ ุชูุชู‚ุฏ ุญุงู„ุชู‡ุง ุญูŠู† ุชูƒู ุนู† ุงู„ุตุฑุงุฎ ู‡ู„ ุชุณู…ูˆู† ุงู„ุฑุนุฏ ุฑุนุฏุงู‹ ูˆุงู„ุจุฑู‚ ุจุฑู‚ุงูŽ ุฅุฐุง ุชุญุฌุฑ ุงู„ุตูˆุช ูˆู…ุงุช ุงู„ู„ูˆู†ุŸ
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุฃุญุจูƒ ุฃูˆ ู„ุง ุฃุญุจูƒ)
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ู‡ู„ ู†ุญู† ู…ุง ู†ุตู†ุน ุจุงู„ุฒู…ู† ุฃู… ู†ุญู† ู…ุง ูŠุตู†ุน ุงู„ุฒู…ู† ุจู†ุงุŸ
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Mahmoud Darwish (ููŠ ุญุถุฑุฉ ุงู„ุบูŠุงุจ)
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ูƒุฑู‡ุช ุฌู…ูŠุน ุงู„ุทุบู€ุงุฉ .. ู„ุฃู† ุงู„ุทุบู€ุงุฉ ูŠุณูˆุณูˆู† ุดุนุจุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุฌู‡ู„ุฉ
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุงู„ุฃุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ุดุนุฑูŠุฉ ุงู„ูƒุงู…ู„ุฉ)
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Perhaps death is a metaphor to remind us of a secret of life we failed to notice.
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Mahmoud Darwish (In the Presence of Absence)
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I leave the other side of my life where it wants to stay, and follow the remainder of my life in search of the other side of it.
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Mahmoud Darwish (A River Dies of Thirst: Journals)
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We journey towards a home that does not halo our head with a special sun. Mythical women applaud us. A sea for us, a sea against us.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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I have passed by many eyes but only got lost in yours.
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Mahmoud Darwish
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ุญุชู‰ ู„ูˆ ู„ู… ุชูƒูˆู†ูŠ ู…ุง ุฃู†ุชู ุนู„ูŠู‡ ู…ู† ุญุถูˆุฑู ุจุงู‡ุฑูุŒ ุณุฃูƒูˆู† ุฃู†ุง ู…ุง ุฃู†ุง ุนู„ูŠู‡ ู…ู† ุบูŠุงุจู ููŠูƒูŠ.. ุจุงุทู† ูˆุธุงู‡ุฑ
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุฃุซุฑ ุงู„ูุฑุงุดุฉ)
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ูุชุดุชู ุนู† ู†ูุณูŠ : ุณู„ุงู…ูŒ ู„ู„ุฐูŠู† ุฃุญุจู‡ู… ุนุจุซู‹ุง ุณู„ุงู…ูŒ ู„ู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠุถูŠุฆู‡ู… ุฌุฑุญูŠ
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Mahmoud Darwish (ู‡ูŠ ุฃุบู†ูŠุฉุŒ ู‡ูŠ ุฃุบู†ูŠุฉ)
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ูˆู†ุญู† ู„ู… ู†ุญู„ู… ุจุฃูƒุซูŽุฑ ู…ู† ุญูŠุงุฉู ูƒุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉุŒ ูˆุฃู† ู†ู…ูˆุช ุนู„ูŠ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุชูู†ุง
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Mahmoud Darwish (ู„ุง ุชุนุชุฐุฑ ุนู…ุง ูุนู„ุช)
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I testify that I am free and alive when I am forgotten
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Mahmoud Darwish
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I love you so, you are so much yourself! He is so afraid of his soul: no "I" now but she. She is now within me. And no "she" now but only my fragile "I" At the end of this song, how much I fear that my dream may not see its dream in her.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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May poetry and God's name have mercy on us!
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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I prepare my portrait for my woman to hang on a wall when I die. she says: Is there a wall to hang it on? I say: We'll build a room for it. Where? In any house.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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I know who opens the door to the jasmine tree as it makes our dreams blossom for the evening's guests.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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After you nothing goes and nothing returns.
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Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems)
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ู‡ู„ ุฃุจุชุนุฏุช ู„ุชู‚ุชุฑุจ ุฃู… ุงู‚ุชุฑุจุช ู„ุชุจุชุนุฏ
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Mahmoud Darwish (ููŠ ุญุถุฑุฉ ุงู„ุบูŠุงุจ)
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ูŠู‚ูˆู„ู ุงู„ุณุงุฆู‚ู ุงู„ุนุตุจูŠูู‘: ู‡ุง ู†ุญู† ุงู‚ุชุฑุจู†ุง ู…ู† ู…ุญุทุชู†ุง ุงู„ุฃุฎูŠุฑุฉโ€™ ูุงุณุชุนุฏูˆุง ู„ู„ู†ุฒูˆู„.../ ููŠุตุฑุฎูˆู†: ู†ุฑูŠุฏู ู…ุง ุจูŽุนู’ุฏูŽ ุงู„ู…ุญุทูŽู‘ุฉูโ€™ ูุงู†ุทู„ู‚! ุฃู…ูŽู‘ุง ุฃู†ุง ูุฃู‚ูˆู„ู: ุฃู†ู’ุฒูู„ู’ู†ูŠ ู‡ู†ุง . ุฃู†ุง ู…ุซู„ู‡ู… ู„ุง ุดูŠุก ูŠุนุฌุจู†ูŠ โ€™ ูˆู„ูƒู†ูŠ ุชุนุจุชู ู…ู† ุงู„ุณูู‘ููŽุฑู’.
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Mahmoud Darwish
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ูŠุง ุณูŠุฏ ุงู„ุฎูŠู„ุŒ ุนู„ู‘ู… ุญุตุงู†ูƒ ุฃู† ูŠุนุชุฐุฑ
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Mahmoud Darwish
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ูˆูƒู† ู…ู† ุฃู†ุช ุญูŠุซ ุชูƒูˆู†. ูˆุงุญู…ู„ ุนุจุก ู‚ู„ุจูƒ ูˆุญุฏู‡...
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Mahmoud Darwish
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Like a small coffeehouse on the street of exiles That is love, it opens its doors to all.
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Mahmoud Darwish
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ู„ูˆ ุฃุฑู‡ูู†ุง ุงู„ุณู…ุน ุฅู„ู‰ ุตูˆุช ุงู„ุตู…ุช ... ู„ุตุงุฑ ูƒู„ุงู…ู†ุง ุฃู‚ู„ !
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุฃุซุฑ ุงู„ูุฑุงุดุฉ)
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ูุงู„ุฃุญูŠุงุก ู‡ู… ุฃูŽุจู†ุงุกู ุนูŽู…ูู‘ ุงู„ู…ูˆุช ุŒ ูˆุงู„ู…ูˆุชู‰ ู†ูŠุงู… ู‡ุงุฏุฆูˆู† ูˆู‡ุงุฏุฆูˆู†
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Mahmoud Darwish (ูƒุฒู‡ุฑ ุงู„ู„ูˆุฒ ุฃูˆ ุฃุจุนุฏ)
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ู„ุง ู„ูŠู„ ูŠูƒููŠู†ุง ู„ู†ุญู„ู… ู…ุฑุชูŠู†
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Mahmoud Darwish
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ุงู„ู…ุงุก ูุฑุญ ุงู„ุญูˆุงุณ ูˆู…ุง ูŠุญูŠุท ุจู‡ุง ู…ู† ู‡ูˆุงุก. ุงู„ู…ุงุก ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ู…ู‚ุทุฑ ุงู„ู…ู„ู…ูˆุณ ุงู„ู…ุญุณูˆุณ ุงู„ู…ุบู…ูˆุณ ุจุงู„ุถูˆุก
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ู„ู„ู†ุณูŠุงู†)
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Had I known you, I would have possessed you, and had you known me, you would have possessed me. But then you and I would not be.
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Mahmoud Darwish (In the Presence of Absence)
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ู„ุง ุฃุญุจ ุงู„ุญุจ ุŒ ู„ุฃู†ูŠ ู„ุง ุฃุญุจ ูˆุถูˆุญ ู‡ุฒูŠู…ุฉ ุงู„ุญู„ู… ุงู„ู…ุชุญู‚ู‚ .. ุณุฃู‡ุฑุจ ุฏุงุฆู…ุง ู…ู…ุง ูŠุตูŠุฑ ุดุฑูˆุทุงู‹ ู„ู„ูุฑุญ .. ุณุฃุดุงูƒุณู‡ ูƒู…ุง ูŠุดุงูƒุณ ุงู„ุทุงุฆุฑ ุดุฌุฑุฉ .
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุงู„ุฑุณุงุฆู„)
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The image of love reveals itself there; in a profoundly present absence.
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Mahmoud Darwish (In the Presence of Absence)
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I used to invent love when necessary. When I walked alone on the riverbank. Or whenever the level of salt would rise in my body, I would invent the river.
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Mahmoud Darwish (In the Presence of Absence)
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ุฅู†ู‘ุง ู†ุญุจูู‘ ุงู„ูˆุฑุฏูŽ , ู„ูƒู†ู‘ุง ู†ุญุจูู‘ ุงู„ู‚ู…ุญูŽ ุฃูƒุซุฑู’ ูˆู†ุญุจ ุนุทุฑ ุงู„ูˆุฑุฏโ€™ ู„ูƒู† ุงู„ุณู†ุงุจู„ ู…ู†ู‡ ุฃุทู‡ุฑู’ ูุงุญู…ูˆุง ุณู†ุงุจู„ูƒู… ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุนุตุงุฑ ุจุงู„ุตุฏุฑ ุงู„ู…ุณูŽู…ูŽู‘ุฑู’ ู‡ุงุชูˆุง ุงู„ุณูŠุงุฌ ู…ู† ุงู„ุตุฏูˆุฑ.. ู…ู† ุงู„ุตุฏูˆุฑุ› ููƒูŠู ูŠูƒุณุฑู’ุŸุŸ ุฅู‚ุจุถ ุนู„ู‰ ุนู†ู‚ ุงู„ุณู†ุงุจู„ ู…ุซู„ู…ุง ุนุงู†ู‚ุชูŽ ุฎู†ุฌุฑู’ ! ุงู„ุฃุฑุถ ุŒ ูˆุงู„ูู„ุงุญ ุŒ ูˆุงุŸู„ุฅุตุฑุงุฑุŒ ู‚ู„ ู„ูŠ : ูƒูŠู ุชู‚ู‡ุฑู’... ู‡ุฐูŠ ุงู„ุฃู‚ุงู†ูŠู… ุงู„ุซู„ุงุซุฉ , ูƒูŠู ุชู‚ู‡ุฑู’ุŸ
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุฏูŠูˆุงู† ู…ุญู…ูˆุฏ ุฏุฑูˆูŠุด - ุงู„ู…ุฌู„ุฏ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„)
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ููŠุฏูŠูˆ.. ู„ุฃู† ูู„ุณุทูŠู† ุชุชุทูˆุฑ ู…ู† ูˆุทู† ุงู„ู‰ ุดุนุงุฑ ู„ูŠุณ ู„ู„ุชุทุจูŠู‚ุŒ ุจู„ ู„ู„ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃุญุฏุงุซ ูˆู„ุชุฒูˆูŠู‚ ุฎุทุงุจ ุงู„ุงู†ู‚ู„ุงุจุŒ ูˆุญู„ูู‘ ุงู„ุฃุญุฒุงุจุŒูˆู…ู†ุน ุฒุฑุงุนุฉ ุงู„ู‚ู…ุญุŒ ูˆุงุณุชุจุฏุงู„ ุงู„ูƒุฏุญ ุจุงู„ุฑุจุญ ุงู„ุณุฑูŠุนุŒ ูˆุงู„ู‰ ุชุทูˆูŠุฑ ุตู†ุงุนุฉ ุงู„ุงู†ู‚ู„ุงุจ ุงู„ุซู‚ูŠู„ุฉ ู…ู†ู‡ุง ูˆุงู„ุฎููŠูุฉุŒ ุงู„ู‰ ุฃู† ูŠูุนู‚ูŽุฏ ุงู„ู‚ูุฑุงู† ุนู„ู‰ ุขุฎุฑ ุญููŠุฏุงุช ุงู„ุฎู„ูŠูุฉ.
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ู„ู„ู†ุณูŠุงู†)
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I see a bird carrying me and carrying you, with us as its wings, beyond the dream, to a journey that has no end and no beginning, no purpose and no goal. I do not speak to you, and you do not speak to me; we listen only to the music of silence. Silence is the friend's trust of friend, imagination's self-confidence between rain and rainbow. A rainbow is inspiration provoking the poet, uninvited, the infatuation of the poet with the prose of the Quran. Which of your Lord's blessings do you disown? We are absent, you and I; we are present, you and I. And absent. Which of your Lord's blessings do you disown?
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Mahmoud Darwish (Absent Presence (Modern Voices))
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ูุฏุงุฆูŠูˆู† ู…ู† ุญูŽุจูŽู‚ู ูˆู…ู† ุญุฑูŠูŽู‘ุฉ ูˆู…ู†ุฐูˆุฑูˆู† ู„ู„ุฌู…ุฑุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ู‚ุฑู…ูŠุฏ ุฃุบู†ูŠุฉ ูˆุดูŽู‡ูˆู’ุฉ ุดุงุฑุนู ุตุงุนุฏ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃุณุทูˆุฑุฉ ุญูุฑูŽู‘ุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุซูˆุฑุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุซูˆุฑุฉ.... ุฎู†ุงุฏู‚ู‡ู… ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ุจุญุฑ ูˆุธู‘ู„ูŽู‘ู‡ู… ูŠุดู‚ูู‘ ุงู„ุตุฎุฑ ู†ุดูŠุฏ ู†ุดูŠุฏู‡ู… ูˆุงุญุฏ: ูุฅู…ุง ุงู„ู†ุตุฑ ูˆุฅู…ุง ุงู„ู†ุตุฑ ูˆู…ู†ู‡ู… ุชูˆู„ุฏ ุงู„ููƒุฑุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุซูˆุฑุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุซูˆุฑุฉ... ูˆูู„ูุฏู†ุง ููˆู‚ ุฃูŠุฏูŠู‡ู… ูƒู…ุง ุชุชูุชูŽู‘ุญ ุงู„ุฒู‡ุฑุฉ ููƒู… ู…ุฑุฉ ูˆูƒู… ู…ุฑุฉ ุณูŠูˆู„ุฏ ููŠ ุงุจู†ู‡ ุงู„ูˆุงู„ุฏุŸ ูˆุชุญู…ู„ ุบุงุจุฉ ุจุฐุฑุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุซูˆุฑุฉ.. ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุซูˆุฑุฉ.. ..
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ู„ู„ู†ุณูŠุงู†)
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I see what I want of Love... I see horses making the meadow dance, fifty guitars sighing, and a swarm of bees suckling the wild berries, and I close my eyes until I see our shadow behind this dispossessed place... I see what I want of people: their desire to long for anything, their lateness in getting to work and their hurry to return to their folk... and their need to say: Good Morning...
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Mahmoud Darwish (If I Were Another: Poems)
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ู„ููŠูŽ ุญููƒู’ู…ู’ุฉู ุงู„ู…ุญูƒูˆู… ุจุงู„ุฅุนุฏุงู…ู : ู„ุง ุฃุดูŠุงุกูŽ ุฃู…ู„ูƒูู‡ุง ู„ุชู…ู„ูƒู†ูŠ , ูƒุชุจุชู ูˆุตูŠู‘ูŽุชูŠ ุจุฏู…ูŠ : ((ุซูู‚ููˆุง ุจุงู„ู…ุงุก ูŠุง ุณููƒู‘ูŽุงู†ูŽ ุฃูุบู†ูŠุชูŠ!)) ูˆูŽู†ู’ู…ุชู ู…ูุถูŽุฑู‘ุฌุงู‹ ูˆู…ูุชูŽูˆู‘ูŽุฌุงู‹ ุจุบุฏูŠ... ุญูŽู„ูู…ู’ุชู ุจุฃู†ู‘ูŽ ู‚ู„ุจ ุงู„ุฃุฑุถ ุฃูƒุจุฑู ู…ู† ุฎุฑูŠุทุชู‡ุง , ูˆุฃูŽูˆุถุญู ู…ู† ู…ุฑุงูŠุงู‡ุง ูˆูŽู…ุดู’ู†ูŽู‚ูŽุชูŠ . ูˆูŽู‡ู…ู’ุชู ุจุบูŠู…ุฉู ุจูŠุถุงุก ุชุฃุฎุฐู†ูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃูŽุนู„ู‰ ูƒุฃู†ู†ูŠ ู‡ูุฏู’ู‡ูุฏูŒ , ูˆุงู„ุฑูŠุญู ุฃูŽุฌู†ุญุชูŠ . ูˆุนู†ุฏ ุงู„ูุฌุฑ , ุฃูŽูŠู‚ุธู†ูŠ ู†ุฏุงุก ุงู„ุญุงุฑุณ ุงู„ู„ูŠู„ูŠู‘ู ู…ู† ุญูู„ู’ู…ูŠ ูˆู…ู† ู„ุบุชูŠ : ุณุชุญูŠุง ู…ููŠู’ุชูŽุฉู‹ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ , ููŽุนูŽุฏู‘ูู„ู’ ููŠ ูˆุตูŠุชู‘ููƒูŽ ุงู„ุฃุฎูŠุฑุฉู , ู‚ุฏ ุชุฃุฌู‘ูŽู„ ู…ูˆุนุฏู ุงู„ุฅุนุฏุงู… ุซุงู†ูŠุฉู‹ ุณุฃู„ุช : ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ุชู‰ุŸ ู‚ุงู„ : ุงู†ุชุธุฑ ู„ุชู…ูˆุช ุฃูƒุซูŽุฑูŽ ู‚ูู„ู’ุชู : ู„ุง ุฃุดูŠุงุก ุฃู…ู„ูƒู‡ุง ู„ุชู…ู„ูƒู†ูŠ ูƒุชุจุชู ูˆุตูŠู‘ูŽุชูŠ ุจุฏู…ูŠ : ((ุซูู‚ููˆุง ุจุงู„ู…ุงุก ูŠุง ุณููƒู‘ูŽุงู† ุฃุบู†ูŠุชูŠ!))
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Mahmoud Darwish (ู„ุง ุชุนุชุฐุฑ ุนู…ุง ูุนู„ุช)
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Life to the last drop If someone said to me again: โ€˜Supposing you were to die tomorrow, what would you do?โ€™ I wouldnโ€™t need any time to reply. If I felt drowsy, I would sleep. If I was thirsty, I would drink. If I was writing, I might like what I was writing and ignore the question. If I was having lunch, I would add a little mustard and pepper to the slice of grilled meat. If I was shaving, I might cut my earlobe. If I was kissing my girlfriend, I would devour her lips as if they were figs. If I was reading, I would skip a few pages. If I was peeling an onion, I would shed a few tears. If I was walking, I would continue walking at a slower pace. If I existed, as I do now, then I wouldnโ€™t think about not existing. If I didnโ€™t exist, then the question wouldnโ€™t bother me. If I was listening to Mozart, I would already be close to the realms of the angels. If I was asleep, I would carry on sleeping and dream blissfully of gardenias. If I was laughing, I would cut my laughter by half out of respect for the information. What else could I do, even if I was braver than an idiot and stronger than Hercules?
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Mahmoud Darwish (A River Dies of Thirst: Journals)
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_ู…ุงุฐุง ุชูุนู„ ูŠุง ุฃุจูŠ ุŸ *ุฃุจุญุซ ุนู† ู‚ู„ุจูŠ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูˆู‚ุน ููŠ ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ู„ูŠู„ุฉ ! _ูˆู‡ู„ ุชุฌุฏู‡ ู‡ู†ุง ุŸ *ุฃูŠู† ุฃุฌุฏู‡ ุฅุฐู†! ุฃู†ุญู†ูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃุฑุถ ูˆุฃู„ุชู‚ุทู‡ ุญุจุงุช ุญุจุงุช ูƒู…ุง ุชุฌู…ุน ุงู„ูู„ุงุญุงุช ููŠ ุชุดุฑูŠู† ุญุจุงุช ุงู„ุฒูŠุชูˆู† _ูˆู„ูƒู†ูƒ ุชู„ุชู‚ุท ุงู„ุญุตู‰ ! *ุดูŠุก ูƒู‡ุฐุง ูŠู…ุฑู† ุงู„ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ูˆุงู„ุจุตูŠุฑุฉุŒ ูˆู…ุง ุฃุฏุฑุงูƒ ู‚ุฏ ูŠูƒูˆู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุญุตู‰ ุชูƒู„ุณ ู‚ู„ุจูŠ ูˆุฅุฐุง ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† .. ุฃูƒูˆู† ู‚ุฏ ุชุนูˆุฏุช ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุญุงูˆู„ุฉ ุงู„ุจุญุซ ูˆุญุฏูŠ ุนู† ุดูŠุก ุญูŠู† ุถุงุน ุถูŠุนู†ูŠ ูˆุฅู† ู…ุฌุฑุฏ ุงู„ุจุญุซ ุนู†ู‡ ุฏู„ูŠู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุฑูุถ ุงู„ุงู†ุฏู…ุงุฌ ููŠ ุถูŠุงุนูŠ ูˆุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุทุฑู ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุญุงูˆู„ุฉ ุฏู„ูŠู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุถุงุฆุน ุทุงู„ู…ุง ู„ู… ุฃุฌุฏ ุงู„ุดูŠุก ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฃุถุนุชู‡ !
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Mahmoud Darwish (ูŠูˆู…ูŠุงุช ุงู„ุญุฒู† ุงู„ุนุงุฏูŠ)
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ูˆููŠ ูู†ุฏู‚ ุงู„ูƒูˆู…ูˆุฏูˆุฑ ูˆู‡ูˆ ู…ุนู‚ู„ ุงู„ุตุญููŠูŠู† ุงู„ุฃุฌุงู†ุจุŒ ูŠุณุชุฌูˆุจู†ูŠ ูƒุงุชุจ ุตุญููŠ ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠ:ู…ุงุฐุง ุชูƒุชุจ ุฃูŠู‡ุง ุงู„ุดุงุนุฑ ููŠ ุงู„ุญุฑุจุŸ ุฃูƒุชุจ ุตู…ุชูŠ ู‡ู„ ุชุนู†ูŠ ุฃู† ู„ู„ูƒู„ุงู… ู…ุฏุงูุนุŸ ู†ุนู…ุŒุตูˆุชู‡ุง ุฃุนู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฃูŠ ุตูˆุช ู…ุงุฐุงุชูุนู„ ุฅุฐู†ุŸ ุฃุฏุนูˆ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุตู…ูˆุฏ ูˆู‡ู„ ุณุชู†ุชุตุฑูˆู† ููŠ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุญุฑุจุŸ ู„ุงุงู„ู…ู‡ู… ุฃู† ู†ุจู‚ู‰.ุจู‚ุงุคู†ุง ุฅู†ุชุตุงุฑ ูˆู…ุงุฐุง ุจุนุฏ ุฐู„ูƒุŸ ุณูŠุจุฏุฃ ุฒู…ู† ุฌุฏูŠุฏ ูˆู…ุชู‰ ุชุนูˆุฏ ู„ูƒุชุงุจุฉ ุงู„ุดูุนุฑุŸ ุญูŠู† ุชุณูƒุช ุงู„ู…ุฏุงูุน ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุงูŽ ุญูŠู† ุฃููุฌุฑ ุตู…ุชูŠ ุงู„ู…ู„ูŠุฆ ุจุฌู…ูŠุน ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃุตูˆุงุช ุญูŠู† ุฃุฌุฏ ู„ุบุชูŠ ุงู„ู…ู„ุงุฆู…ุฉ ุฃู„ูŠุณ ู„ูƒ ู…ู† ุฏูˆุฑุŸ ู„ุงุŒู„ุง ุฏูˆุฑ ู„ูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ุดูุนุฑ ุงู„ุขู†ุŒ ุฏูŽูˆู’ุฑูŠ ุฎุงุฑุฌ ุงู„ู‚ุตูŠุฏุฉุŒ ุฏูˆุฑูŠ ุฃู† ุฃูƒูˆู† ู‡ู†ุง ู…ุน ุงู„ู…ูˆุงุทู†ูŠู† ูˆู…ุน ุงู„ู…ู‚ุงุชู„ูŠู†.
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Mahmoud Darwish (ุฐุงูƒุฑุฉ ู„ู„ู†ุณูŠุงู†)
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A poem exists only in the relation between poet and reader. And I'm in need of my readers, except that they never cease to write me as they would wish, turning their reading into another writing that almost rubs out my features. I don't know why my poetry has to be killed on the altar of misunderstanding or the fallacy of ready-made intent. I am not solely a citizen of Palestine, though I am proud of this affiliation and ready to sacrifice my life in defending the radiance of the Palestinian fact, but I also want to take up the history of my people and their struggle from an aesthetic angle that differs from the prevalent and repeatable meanings readily available from an unmediated political reading.
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It would be the simplest thing to say, my homeland is where I was born. But when you returned, you found nothing. What does that mean? It would be the simplest thing to say, my homeland is where I will die. But you could die anywhere, or on the border between two places. What does that mean? After a while the question will become harder. Why did you leave? Why did you leave? For twenty years you have been asking, why did they leave? Leaving is not a negation of the homeland, but it does turn the problem into a question. Do not write a history now. When you do that, you leave the past behind, and what is required is to call the past to account. Do not write a history except that of your wounds. Do not write a history except that of your exile. You are here - here, where you were born. And where longing will lead you to death. So, what is homeland?
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Mahmoud Darwish (ูŠูˆู…ูŠุงุช ุงู„ุญุฒู† ุงู„ุนุงุฏูŠ)
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ุจูƒุฃุณ ุงู„ุดุฑุงุจ ุงู„ู…ุฑุตู‘ุน ุจุงู„ู„ุงุฒุฑูˆุฏ ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ุนู„ู‰ ุจุฑูƒุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุญูˆู„ ุงู„ุณู…ุงุก ูˆุฒู‡ุฑ ุงู„ูƒูˆู„ูˆู†ูŠุง ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ุจุตุจุฑ ุงู„ุญุตุงู† ุงู„ู…ุนุฏู‘ ู„ู…ู†ุญุฏุฑุงุช ุงู„ุฌุจุงู„ ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ุจุณุจุน ูˆุณุงุฆุฏ ู…ุญุดูˆุฉ ุจุงู„ุณุญุงุจ ุงู„ุฎููŠู ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ุจู†ุงุฑ ุงู„ุจุฎูˆุฑ ุงู„ู†ุณุงุฆูŠ ู…ู„ุก ุงู„ู…ูƒุงู† ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ุจุฑุงุฆุญุฉ ุงู„ุตู†ุฏู„ ุงู„ุฐูƒุฑูŠุฉ ุญูˆู„ ุธู‡ูˆุฑ ุงู„ุฎูŠูˆู„ ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุชุชุนุฌู„ ูุฅู† ุฃู‚ุจู„ุช ุจุนุฏ ู…ูˆุนุฏู‡ุง ูุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุฅู† ุฃู‚ุจู„ุช ู‚ุจู„ ู…ูˆุนุฏู‡ุง ูุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุชูุฌูู„ ุงู„ุทูŠุฑ ููˆู‚ ุฌุฏุงุฆู„ู‡ุง ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ู„ุชุฌู„ุณ ู…ุฑุชุงุญุฉ ูƒุงู„ุญุฏูŠู‚ุฉ ููŠ ุฃูˆุฌ ุฒูŠู†ุชู‡ุง ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ู„ูƒูŠ ุชุชู†ูุณ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ุบุฑูŠุจ ุนู„ู‰ ู‚ู„ุจู‡ุง ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ู„ุชุฑูุน ุนู† ุณุงู‚ู‡ุง ุซูˆุจู‡ุง ุบูŠู…ุฉ ุบูŠู…ุฉ ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุฎุฐู‡ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุดุฑูุฉ ู„ุชุฑู‰ ู‚ู…ุฑุงู‹ ุบุงุฑู‚ุงู‹ ููŠ ุงู„ุญู„ูŠุจ ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูˆู‚ุฏู… ู„ู‡ุง ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ ู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ู†ุจูŠุฐุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุชุชุทู„ุน ุฅู„ู‰ ุชูˆุฃู…ูŠ ุญุฌู„ ู†ุงุฆู…ูŠู† ุนู„ู‰ ุตุฏุฑู‡ุง ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูˆู…ุณู‘ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ู‡ู„ ูŠุฏู‡ุง ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชุถุน ุงู„ูƒุฃุณ ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุฑุฎุงู… ูƒุฃู†ูƒ ุชุญู…ู„ ุนู†ู‡ุง ุงู„ู†ุฏู‰ ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ุชุญุฏุซ ุฅู„ูŠู‡ุง ูƒู…ุง ูŠุชุญุฏุซ ู†ุงูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ูˆุชุฑ ุฎุงุฆู ููŠ ุงู„ูƒู…ุงู† ูƒู€ุฃู†ูƒู…ุง ุดุงู‡ุฏุงู† ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุง ูŠุนุฏ ุบุฏ ู„ูƒู…ุง ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุง ูˆู„ู…ู‘ุน ู„ู‡ุง ู„ูŠู„ู‡ุง ุฎุงุชู…ุง ุฎุงุชู…ุง ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู† ูŠู‚ูˆู„ ู„ูƒ ุงู„ู„ูŠู„: ู„ู… ูŠุจู‚ ุบูŠุฑูƒู…ุง ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุฌูˆุฏ ูุฎุฐู‡ุงุŒ ุจุฑูู‚ุŒ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ูˆุชูƒ ุงู„ู…ุดุชู‡ู‰ ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุง!... ู…ุญู…ูˆุฏ ุฏุฑูˆูŠุด ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุง ุจูƒุฃุณ ุงู„ุดุฑุงุจ ุงู„ู…ุฑุตู‘ุน ุจุงู„ู„ุงุฒุฑูˆุฏ ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ุนู„ู‰ ุจุฑูƒุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุก ุญูˆู„ ุงู„ุณู…ุงุก ูˆุฒู‡ุฑ ุงู„ูƒูˆู„ูˆู†ูŠุง ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ุจุตุจุฑ ุงู„ุญุตุงู† ุงู„ู…ุนุฏู‘ ู„ู…ู†ุญุฏุฑุงุช ุงู„ุฌุจุงู„ ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ุจุณุจุน ูˆุณุงุฆุฏ ู…ุญุดูˆุฉ ุจุงู„ุณุญุงุจ ุงู„ุฎููŠู ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ุจู†ุงุฑ ุงู„ุจุฎูˆุฑ ุงู„ู†ุณุงุฆูŠ ู…ู„ุก ุงู„ู…ูƒุงู† ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ุจุฑุงุฆุญุฉ ุงู„ุตู†ุฏู„ ุงู„ุฐูƒุฑูŠุฉ ุญูˆู„ ุธู‡ูˆุฑ ุงู„ุฎูŠูˆู„ ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุชุชุนุฌู„ ูุฅู† ุฃู‚ุจู„ุช ุจุนุฏ ู…ูˆุนุฏู‡ุง ูุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุฅู† ุฃู‚ุจู„ุช ู‚ุจู„ ู…ูˆุนุฏู‡ุง ูุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุชูุฌูู„ ุงู„ุทูŠุฑ ููˆู‚ ุฌุฏุงุฆู„ู‡ุง ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ู„ุชุฌู„ุณ ู…ุฑุชุงุญุฉ ูƒุงู„ุญุฏูŠู‚ุฉ ููŠ ุฃูˆุฌ ุฒูŠู†ุชู‡ุง ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ู„ูƒูŠ ุชุชู†ูุณ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ุบุฑูŠุจ ุนู„ู‰ ู‚ู„ุจู‡ุง ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ู„ุชุฑูุน ุนู† ุณุงู‚ู‡ุง ุซูˆุจู‡ุง ุบูŠู…ุฉ ุบูŠู…ุฉ ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุฎุฐู‡ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุดุฑูุฉ ู„ุชุฑู‰ ู‚ู…ุฑุงู‹ ุบุงุฑู‚ุงู‹ ููŠ ุงู„ุญู„ูŠุจ ุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูˆู‚ุฏู… ู„ู‡ุง ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ ู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ู†ุจูŠุฐุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุชุชุทู„ุน ุฅู„ู‰ ุชูˆุฃู…ูŠ ุญุฌู„ ู†ุงุฆู…ูŠู† ุนู„ู‰ ุตุฏุฑู‡ุง ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูˆู…ุณู‘ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ู‡ู„ ูŠุฏู‡ุง ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชุถุน ุงู„ูƒุฃุณ ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุฑุฎุงู… ูƒุฃู†ูƒ ุชุญู…ู„ ุนู†ู‡ุง ุงู„ู†ุฏู‰ ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุงุŒ ุชุญุฏุซ ุฅู„ูŠู‡ุง ูƒู…ุง ูŠุชุญุฏุซ ู†ุงูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ูˆุชุฑ ุฎุงุฆู ููŠ ุงู„ูƒู…ุงู† ูƒู€ุฃู†ูƒู…ุง ุดุงู‡ุฏุงู† ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุง ูŠุนุฏ ุบุฏ ู„ูƒู…ุง ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุง ูˆู„ู…ู‘ุน ู„ู‡ุง ู„ูŠู„ู‡ุง ุฎุงุชู…ุง ุฎุงุชู…ุง ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู† ูŠู‚ูˆู„ ู„ูƒ ุงู„ู„ูŠู„: ู„ู… ูŠุจู‚ ุบูŠุฑูƒู…ุง ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุฌูˆุฏ ูุฎุฐู‡ุงุŒ ุจุฑูู‚ุŒ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ูˆุชูƒ ุงู„ู…ุดุชู‡ู‰ ูˆุงู†ุชุธุฑู‡ุง!... ููŠ ุงู„ุงู†ุชุธุงุฑุŒ ูŠูุตูŠุจูู†ูŠ ู‡ูˆุณ ุจุฑุตุฏ ุงู„ุงุญุชู…ุงู„ุงุช ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑุฉ: ุฑุจู…ุง ู†ุณูŠุช ุญู‚ูŠุจุชู‡ุง ุงู„ุตุบูŠุฑุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ู‚ุทุงุฑุŒ ูุถุงุน ุนู†ูˆุงู†ูŠ ูˆุถุงุน ุงู„ู‡ุงุชู ุงู„ู…ุญู…ูˆู„ุŒ ูุงู†ู‚ุทุนุช ุดู‡ูŠุชู‡ุง ูˆู‚ุงู„ุช: ู„ุง ู†ุตูŠุจ ู„ู‡ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุทุฑ ุงู„ุฎููŠู ูˆุฑุจู…ุง ุงู†ุดุบู„ุช ุจุฃู…ุฑ ุทุงุฑุฆู ุฃูˆ ุฑุญู„ุฉู ู†ุญูˆ ุงู„ุฌู†ูˆุจ ูƒูŠ ุชุฒูˆุฑ ุงู„ุดู…ุณุŒ ูˆุงุชุตู„ุช ูˆู„ูƒู† ู„ู… ุชุฌุฏู†ูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ุตุจุงุญุŒ ูู‚ุฏ ุฎุฑุฌุช ู„ุงุดุชุฑูŠ ุบุงุฑุฏูŠู†ูŠุง ู„ู…ุณุงุฆู†ุง ูˆุฒุฌุงุฌุชูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ุจูŠุฐ ูˆุฑุจู…ุง ุงุฎุชู„ูุช ู…ุน ุงู„ุฒูˆุฌ ุงู„ู‚ุฏูŠู… ุนู„ู‰ ุดุฆูˆู† ุงู„ุฐูƒุฑูŠุงุชุŒ ูุฃู‚ุณู…ุช ุฃู„ุง ุชุฑู‰ ุฑุฌู„ุงู‹ ูŠูู‡ุฏุฏูู‡ุง ุจุตูู†ุน ุงู„ุฐูƒุฑูŠุงุช ูˆุฑุจู…ุง ุงุตุทุฏู…ุช ุจุชุงูƒุณูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ ุฅู„ูŠุŒ ูุงู†ุทูุฃุช ูƒูˆุงูƒุจ ููŠ ู…ุฌุฑุชู‡ุง. ูˆู…ุง ุฒุงู„ุช ุชูุนุงู„ุฌ ุจุงู„ู…ู‡ุฏุฆ ูˆุงู„ู†ุนุงุณ ูˆุฑุจู…ุง ู†ุธุฑุช ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุฑุขุฉ ู‚ุจู„ ุฎุฑูˆุฌู‡ุง ู…ู† ู†ูุณู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุชุญุณุณุช ุฃุฌุงุตุชูŠู† ูƒุจูŠุฑุชูŠู† ุชูู…ูˆุฌุงู† ุญุฑูŠุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูุชู†ู‡ุฏุช ูˆุชุฑุฏุฏุช: ู‡ู„ ูŠุณุชุญู‚ ุฃู†ูˆุซุชูŠ ุฃุญุฏ ุณูˆุงูŠ ูˆุฑุจู…ุง ุนุจุฑุชุŒ ู…ุตุงุฏูุฉุŒ ุจูุญูุจ ุณุงุจู‚ ู„ู… ุชุดู ู…ู†ู‡ุŒ ูุฑุงูู‚ุชู‡ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุนุดุงุก ูˆุฑุจู…ุง ู…ุงุชุชุŒ ูุงู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุช ูŠุนุดู‚ ูุฌุฃุฉุŒ ู…ุซู„ูŠุŒ ูˆุฅู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุชุŒ ู…ุซู„ูŠุŒ ู„ุง ูŠุญุจ ุงู„ุงู†ุชุธุงุฑ ู„ู… ุชุฃุช... ู‚ู„ุช ูˆู„ู†...ุฅุฐู† ุณุฃุนูŠุฏ ุชุฑุชูŠุจ ุงู„ู…ุณุงุก ุจู…ุง ูŠู„ูŠู‚ ุจุฎูŠุจุชูŠ ูˆุบูŠุงุจู‡ุง ุฃุทูุฃุช ู†ุงุฑ ุดู…ูˆุนู‡ุง ุฃุดุนู„ุช ู†ุงุฑ ุงู„ูƒู‡ุฑุจุงุก ุดุฑุจุช ูƒุฃุณ ู†ุจูŠุฐู‡ุง ูˆูƒุณุฑุชู‡ ุจุฏู„ุช ู…ูˆุณูŠู‚ู‰ ุงู„ูƒู…ู†ุฌุงุช ุงู„ุณุฑูŠุนุฉ ุจุงู„ุฃุบุงู†ูŠ ุงู„ูุงุฑุณูŠุฉ ู‚ู„ุช: ู„ู† ุชุฃุช... ุณุฃู†ุถูˆ ุฑุจุทุฉ ุงู„ุนู†ู‚ ุงู„ุฃู†ูŠู‚ุฉ ู‡ูƒุฐุง ุฃุฑุชุงุญ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุฃุฑุชุฏูŠ ุจูŠุฌุงู…ุฉ ุฒุฑู‚ุงุก ุฃู…ุดูŠ ุญุงููŠุง ู„ูˆ ุดุฆุช ุฃุฌู„ุณ ุจุงุฑุชุฎุงุก ุงู„ู‚ุฑูุตุงุก ุนู„ู‰ ุฃุฑูŠูƒุชู‡ุง ูุฃู†ุณุงู‡ุง ูˆุฃู†ุณู‰ ูƒู„ ุฃุดูŠุงุก ุงู„ุบูŠุงุจ ุฃุนุฏุช ู…ุง ุฃุนุฏุฏุช ู…ู† ุฃุฏูˆุงุช ุญูู„ุชู†ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃุฏุฑุงุฌู‡ุง ูˆูุชุญุช ูƒู„ ู†ูˆุงูุฐูŠ ูˆุณุชุงุฆุฑูŠ ู„ุง ุณุฑ ููŠ ุฌุณุฏูŠ ุฃู…ุงู… ุงู„ู„ูŠู„ ุฅู„ุง ู…ุง ุงู†ุชุธุฑุช ูˆู…ุง ุฎุณุฑุช ุณุฎุฑุช ู…ู† ู‡ูˆุณูŠ ู„ุชู†ุธูŠู ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ู„ุฃุฌู„ู‡ุง ุนุทุฑุชู‡ ุจุฑุฐุงุฐ ุงู„ูˆุฑุฏ ูˆุงู„ู„ูŠู…ูˆู† ู„ู† ุชุฃุช... ุณุฃู†ู‚ู„ ุฒู‡ุฑุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆุฑูƒูŠุฏู…ู† ุฌู‡ุฉ ุงู„ูŠู…ูŠู† ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ูŠุณุงุฑ ู„ูƒูŠ ุฃุนุงู‚ุจู‡ุง ุนู„ู‰ ู†ุณูŠุงู†ู‡ุง ุบุทูŠุช ู…ุฑุขุฉ ุงู„ุฌุฏุงุฑ ุจู…ุนุทู ูƒูŠ ู„ุง ุฃุฑู‰ ุฅุดุนุงุน ุตูˆุฑุชู‡ุง ูˆุฃู†ุฏู… ู‚ู„ุช: ุฃู†ุณู‰ ู…ุง ุงู‚ุชุจุณุช ู„ู‡ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุบุฒู„ ุงู„ู‚ุฏูŠู… ู„ุฃู†ู‡ุง ู„ุง ุชุณุชุญู‚ ู‚ุตูŠุฏุฉ ุญุชู‰ ูˆู„ูˆ ู…ุณุฑูˆู‚ุฉ ูˆู†ุณูŠุชู‡ุง... ูˆุฃูƒู„ุช ูˆุฌุจุชูŠ ุงู„ุณุฑูŠุนุฉ ูˆุงู‚ูุง ูˆู‚ุฑุฃุช ูุตู„ุง ู…ู† ูƒุชุงุจ ู…ุฏุฑุณูŠ ุนู† ูƒูˆุงูƒุจู†ุง ุงู„ุจุนูŠุฏุฉ ูˆูƒุชุจุช ูƒูŠ ุฃู†ุณู‰ ุฅุณุงุกุชู‡ุง ู‚ุตูŠุฏุฉ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู‚ุตูŠุฏุฉ
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Mahmoud Darwish (ููŠ ุญุถุฑุฉ ุงู„ุบูŠุงุจ)
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Put it on record --I am an Arab And the number of my card is fifty thousand I have eight children And the ninth is due after summer. What's there to be angry about? Put it on record. --I am an Arab Working with comrades of toil in a quarry. I have eight childern For them I wrest the loaf of bread, The clothes and exercise books From the rocks And beg for no alms at your doors, --Lower not myself at your doorstep. --What's there to be angry about? Put it on record. --I am an Arab. I am a name without a tide, Patient in a country where everything Lives in a whirlpool of anger. --My roots --Took hold before the birth of time --Before the burgeoning of the ages, --Before cypess and olive trees, --Before the proliferation of weeds. My father is from the family of the plough --Not from highborn nobles. And my grandfather was a peasant --Without line or genealogy. My house is a watchman's hut --Made of sticks and reeds. Does my status satisfy you? --I am a name without a surname. Put it on Record. --I am an Arab. Color of hair: jet black. Color of eyes: brown. My distinguishing features: --On my head the 'iqal cords over a keffiyeh --Scratching him who touches it. My address: --I'm from a village, remote, forgotten, --Its streets without name --And all its men in the fields and quarry. --What's there to be angry about? Put it on record. --I am an Arab. You stole my forefathers' vineyards --And land I used to till, --I and all my childern, --And you left us and all my grandchildren --Nothing but these rocks. --Will your government be taking them too --As is being said? So! --Put it on record at the top of page one: --I don't hate people, --I trespass on no one's property. And yet, if I were to become starved --I shall eat the flesh of my usurper. --Beware, beware of my starvation. --And of my anger!
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Mahmoud Darwish