Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 04:37:19 -0500
Subject: Re: the famous poem of mahmoud darwish
From: "bob brown" <vacirca-AT-charm.net>


saeed, give me some background on this poet and this poem please. thank you
bob brown
--
"solidarity means sharing the same risks" - Che
( la solidarita significa correre gli stessi rischi)

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>From: saeed urrehman <think-AT-riseup.net>
>To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>Subject: the famous poem of mahmoud darwish
>Date: Fri, Jan 25, 2002, 10:18 PM
>

> The Earth is Closing on Us
> Mahmoud Darwish
>
> The Earth is closing on us
> pushing us through the last passage
> and we tear off our limbs to pass through.
> The Earth is squeezing us.
> I wish we were its wheat
> so we could die and live again.
> I wish the Earth was our mother
> so she'd be kind to us.
>
> I wish we were pictures on the rocks
> for our dreams to carry as mirrors.
> We saw the faces of those who will throw
> our children out of the window of this last space.
> Our star will hang up mirrors.
> Where should we go after the last frontiers ?
> Where should the birds fly after the last sky ?
> Where should the plants sleep after the last breath of air ?
> We will write our names with scarlet steam.
> We will cut off the hand of the song to be finished by our flesh.
> We will die here, here in the last passage.
> Here and here our blood will plant its olive tree.
>
>
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