TWO POEMS FOR PALESTINE
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IF A MUST DIE (By Refaat Al-Areer)
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze—
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself—
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale.
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze—
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself—
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale.
SUNBIRD (By Fady Joudah)
I flit
from gleaming river
to glistening sea,
from all that we
to all that me,
fresh east to salty west,
southern sweet,
and northern free
there is a lake
between us,
and aquifers
for cactus
and basins
of anemone
from the river
to the sea,
from womb
to breath and one
with oneness
I be,
from the river
to the sea.
from gleaming river
to glistening sea,
from all that we
to all that me,
fresh east to salty west,
southern sweet,
and northern free
there is a lake
between us,
and aquifers
for cactus
and basins
of anemone
from the river
to the sea,
from womb
to breath and one
with oneness
I be,
from the river
to the sea.
Poems for Palestine. Publishers for Palestine, 2024. Online
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