والآن أشهد أن حضورك موت وأن غيابك موتان والآن أمشي على خنجر وأغني... قد عرف الموت أني أحبك أني أجدد يوماً مضى ... لأحبك يوماً وأمضي... - Mahmoud Darwish

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والآن أشهد أن حضورك موت
وأن غيابك موتان
والآن أمشي على خنجر وأغني...
قد عرف الموت أني أحبك
أني أجدد يوماً مضى ...
لأحبك يوماً وأمضي...

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About Mahmoud Darwish

Mahmoud Darwish (13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as the Palestinian national poet. He won numerous awards for his works. Darwish used Palestine as a metaphor for the loss of Eden, birth and resurrection, and the anguish of dispossession and exile. He also served as an editor for several literary magazines in Palestine.

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Also Known As

Native Name: محمود درويش
Alternative Names: M. Darwish • Mahmoud Darwich
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والآن أشهد أن حضورك موت
وأن غيابك موتان
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أني اجدد يوما مضى لأحبك يوما و أمضي
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Be my lover between two wars waged in the mirror, she said.
I don't want to return now to the fortress of my father's house.
Take me to your vineyard.
Let me meet your mother.
Perfume me with basil water.
Arrange me on silver dishes, comb me,
imprison me in your name,
let love kill me.
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