Category Archives: Mahmoud Darwish

I See What I Want

Mahmoud Darwish I see what I want in the farm … right now I see braids of wheat combed by the wind, and I close my eyes This mirage leads to Nihawand, and this calm leads to lapis lazuli I … Continue reading

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Mohammed Al Durra

Mahmoud Darwish Mohammed, nestles in the bosom of his father, a bird afraid of the infernal sky: father protect me from the upward flight! My wing is slight for the wind … and the light is black Mohammed, wants to … Continue reading

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In Jerusalem by Mahmoud Darwish

In Jerusalem, and I mean within the ancient walls, I walk from one epoch to another without a memory to guide me. The prophets over there are sharing the history of the holy … ascending to heaven and returning less … Continue reading

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The Prison Cell

By Mahmoud Darwish It is possible…It is possible at least sometimes…It is possible especially nowTo ride a horseInside a prison cellAnd run away…It is possible for prison wallsTo disappear,For the cell to become a distant landWithout frontiers:What did you do … Continue reading

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We Walk on the Bridge by Mahmoud Darwish

You’re afflicted, like me, with a bird’s journey and this happens in the afternoon, when you say: Take me to the river you foreign man, to the river take me my road upon your banks is long And we listen … Continue reading

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Identity Card

By Mahmoud Darwish Write down ! I am an Arab And my identity card number is fifty thousand I have eight children And the ninth will come after a summer Will you be angry? . Write down! I am an … Continue reading

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Mahmoud Darwish

Photo by Gil Cohen Magen-Pool/Getty Images.Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mahmoud-darwish Palestinian Mahmoud Darwish was born in al-Birwa in Galilee, a village that was occupied and later razed by the Israeli army. Because they had missed the official Israeli census, Darwish and his family … Continue reading

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If you find yourself alone

Mahmoud Darwish If you find yourself alone, tell yourself: Exile has altered its features… Wasn’t Abu Tammam afflicted before you when he met himself: ‘You are not you and home is not home…’ Things carry your patriotic feelings for you: … Continue reading

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Palestine by Mahmoud Darwish

This land gives us all that makes life worth living: April’s blushing advances, the aroma of bread at dawn, a woman’s haranguing of men, the poetry of Aeschylus, love’s trembling beginning, moss on a stone mothers dancing on a flute’s … Continue reading

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I Didn’t Apologise To The Well

Mahmoud Darwish I didn’t apologize to the well as I passed by it. I borrowed a cloud from an ancient pine and squeezed it like an orange. I waited for a mythical white deer. I instructed my heart in patience: … Continue reading

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