Monday, January 05, 2009

You Shall not Pass

From the Land Poem by Mahmud Darwish (my translation):
"O you who are crossing over my body
You shall not pass
I am the land in a body
You shall not pass
I am the land in its splendor
You shall not pass
I am the land
O you who cross on the land
in its splendor
You shall not pass
You shall not pass
You shall not pass!"