Lyrics of Life
Poetry is untranslatable, like the whole art.
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Jul 8, 2021
Two Poems by Mourid Barghouti
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PRISON Man said: blessed are the birds in their cages for they, at least, know the limits of their prisons. SILENCE Silence said: truth need...
Feb 3, 2026
The State
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A hyena attacks a herd of deer Their hooves inscribe a thousand branches on the earth A tree of tracks and shadows, growing fast There’s no ...
Nov 29, 2021
Without Mercy
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There is a sweet music, but its sweetness fails to console you. This is what the days have taught you: in every long war there is a soldier,...
Oct 2, 2023
You and I
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You’re beautiful like a liberated homeland I’m exhausted like a colonized one. You’re sad as a forsaken person, fighting on I’m agitated as ...
Nov 10, 2023
INTERPRETATIONS
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A poet sits in a coffee shop, writing. The old lady thinks he is writing a letter to his mother, the young woman thinks he is writing a lett...
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