ABSTRACT

First published in 1986. This is a collection of poems selected and translated by Rana Kabbani. Born in Palestine in 1942, as a child of six Daweesh recalls how his native village of Al-Birwa was destroyed by the Israeli army. He has published eleven volumes of poetry and thee of prose and is considered one of the most influential poets writing in Arabic.

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We walk towards a land

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Earth narrows before us

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The flute speaks

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Sand

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Gypsy song

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The river is the stranger

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Always

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The train at One

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On Fifth Avenue he greeted me

(For Rashid Hussein)

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Words

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I love the seas I love

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Birds die in Galilee

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Woman

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Beirut

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Fog on a mirror

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Last evening in Paris

(To the memory of Izzedin Qalaq)

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Another year only