Mahmoud Darwish Quotes
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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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So that I could break the rule
I learnt all the words and broke them up
To make a single word:
Homeland..”
―
“he says I am from there, I am from here, but I am neither there nor here. I have two names which meet and part… I have two languages, but I have long forgotten— which is the language of my dreams”
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“In Damascus:
poems become diaphanous
They’re neither sensual
nor intellectual
they are what echo says
to echo . . .”
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poems become diaphanous
They’re neither sensual
nor intellectual
they are what echo says
to echo . . .”
―
“he says I am from there, I am from here, but I am neither there nor here. I have two names which meet and part… I have two languages, but I have long forgotten— which is the language of my dreams”
―
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“In Damascus:
the traveler sings to himself:
I return from Syria
neither alive
nor dead
but as clouds
that ease the butterfly’s burden
from my fugitive soul”
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the traveler sings to himself:
I return from Syria
neither alive
nor dead
but as clouds
that ease the butterfly’s burden
from my fugitive soul”
―
“Mahmoud Darwish dice player
Dice player Mahmoud Darwish
Who am I to tell you
What do I tell you?
And I was not a stone polished by water
He became a face
Nor did the wind pierce him
It became Naya ...
I'm a dice player,
We win and lose our time
I am like you
Or slightly less ...
I was born beside the well
And the three single trees as nuns
She was born without a flap and without a midwife
I was called by chance
I belonged to a family
coincidence ,
And inherited its features and qualities
And diseases”
―
Dice player Mahmoud Darwish
Who am I to tell you
What do I tell you?
And I was not a stone polished by water
He became a face
Nor did the wind pierce him
It became Naya ...
I'm a dice player,
We win and lose our time
I am like you
Or slightly less ...
I was born beside the well
And the three single trees as nuns
She was born without a flap and without a midwife
I was called by chance
I belonged to a family
coincidence ,
And inherited its features and qualities
And diseases”
―
“A place is not only a geographical area; it's also a state of mind. And trees are not just trees, they are the ribs of childhood.”
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“As you prepare your breakfast, think of others
(do not forget the pigeon’s food).
As you conduct your wars, think of others
(do not forget those who seek peace).
As you pay your water bill, think of others
(those who are nursed by clouds).
As you return home, to your home, think of others
(do not forget the people of the camps).
As you sleep and count the stars, think of others
(those who have nowhere to sleep).
As you liberate yourself in metaphor, think of others
(those who have lost the right to speak).
As you think of others far away, think of yourself
(say: “If only I were a candle in the dark”).”
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(do not forget the pigeon’s food).
As you conduct your wars, think of others
(do not forget those who seek peace).
As you pay your water bill, think of others
(those who are nursed by clouds).
As you return home, to your home, think of others
(do not forget the people of the camps).
As you sleep and count the stars, think of others
(those who have nowhere to sleep).
As you liberate yourself in metaphor, think of others
(those who have lost the right to speak).
As you think of others far away, think of yourself
(say: “If only I were a candle in the dark”).”
―
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