Jan 6, 2010

A voice from the Olive Grove



 

Mahmoud Darwish



Translated by: Denys Johnson-Davies/The Music of Human Flesh.

From the grove of olive trees
Came the echo-
While I on fire was crucified.

Tear me no to pieces, I say to the crows,
For maybe I shall return home
And maybe the sky will rain,
Maybe
It will put out this rapacious wood.

I shall come down one day from my cross
Who knows…
How shall I return: barefoot and naked?
 

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