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Mahmoud Darwish

Mahmoud Darwish is the author of many collections of poetry and was considered Palestine's most eminent poet.

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At the Station of a Train Which Fell Off the Map

Grass, dry air, thorns, and cactus on the tracks There, the shape of the object in the absurdity of non-shape is chewing its own shadow There is nothingness there, tied and surrounded by its opposite Two doves flying over the roof of an abandoned room at the station The station is like a tattoo whic

Mahmoud Darwish • 5 min read

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Mural

I will walk in my footsteps down the old path through the sea air no woman will see me passing under her balcony I have of memories only those necessary for the long journey Days contain all they need of tomorrows I was smaller than my eyelashes and my two dimples So take my sleepiness and hide me i

Mahmoud Darwish • 2 min read

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Those Who Pass Between Fleeting Words

O those who pass between fleeting words Carry your names, and be gone Rid our time of your hours, and be gone Steal what you will from the blueness of the sea and the sand of memory Take what pictures you will, so that you understand That which you never will: How a stone from our land builds the ce

Mahmoud Darwish • 2 min read