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On This Earth

Mahmoud Darwish

We have on this earth what makes life worth living: April’s hesitation, the aroma of bread at dawn, a woman’s point of view about men, the works of Aeschylus, the beginning of love, grass on a stone, mothers living on a flute’s sigh and the invaders’ fear of memories.

We have on this earth what makes life worth living: the final days of September, a woman keeping her apricots ripe after forty, the hour of sunlight in prison, a cloud reflecting a swarm of creatures, the people’s applause for those who face death with a smile, a tyrant’s fear of songs.

We have on this earth what makes life worth living: on this earth, the Lady of Earth, mother of all beginings and ends. She was called Palestine. Her name later became Palestine. My lady, because you are my lady, I deserve life.

De “Unfortunately, It Was Paradise”, traduite par Munir Akash et Carolyn Forche.

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