O land I love you green



O land I love you green

Green

an apple dancing in water and light

Green

your night green, your dawn green

so plant me with the tenderness of a mother’s hand

in a handful of air

I am one of your seeds 

Green …

The Dice Player, Mahmoud Darwish
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Mural,  Translated by John Berger and Rema Hammami, Verso, musique by Trio Joubran

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this. Could you tell us more about the poet, his background, what language the original poem is in?

With best regards.

ecosophe said...

Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was from Palestine, so I suppose he speaks in Arabic