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Mahmoud Darwish

A River Dies of Thirst

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Mahmoud Darwish was one of the most acclaimed contemporary poets in the Arab world, and is often cited as the poetic voice of the Palestinian people. During the tumultuous summer of 2006, as Israel attacked Gaza and Lebanon, Darwish was in Ramallah. He recorded his observations and feelings in writing, included in A River Dies of Thirst, some of his last work. In this collection, Darwish writes of love, loss, and the pain of exile in bittersweet poems and diary entries leavened with hope and joy. 'Darwish has given expression to his people's ordinary longings and desires.' The New York Times 'Darwish did as much as anyone to forge a Palestinian national consciousness.' Guardian
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96 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2012
Publication year
2012
Publisher
Saqi Books
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  • Rafael Narvalhas quoted21 days ago
    A river was here
    and it had two banks
    and a heavenly mother who nursed it on drops from the clouds
    A small river moving slowly
    descending from the mountain peaks
    visiting villages and tents like a charming lively guest
    bringing oleander trees and date palms to the valley
    and laughing to the nocturnal revellers on its banks:
    ‘Drink the milk of the clouds
    and water the horses
    and fly to Jerusalem and Damascus’
    Sometimes it sang heroically
    at others passionately
    It was a river with two banks
    and a heavenly mother who nursed it on drops from the clouds
    But they kidnapped its mother
    so it ran short of water
    and died, slowly, of thirst.
  • Rafael Narvalhas quoted23 days ago
    If we were to listen intently to the sound of silence, we would talk less.
  • Rafael Narvalhas quoted23 days ago
    Silence is a sound which has evaporated and disappeared in the wind and fragmented into echoes preserved in cosmic water jars.

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