Be my lover between two wars waged in the mirror, she said. I don't want to return now to the fortress of my father's house. Take me to your vineyard. Let me meet your mother. Perfume me with basil water. Arrange me on silver dishes, comb me, imprison me in your name, let love kill me.
タグ: the-death-of-the-phoenix, poetry, middle-east

"Mahmoud Darwish"の他の名言

To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
タグ: occupation, inspiration, poetry, good
Palestinian people are in love with life.
タグ: palestinian, people, life, love
The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality.
タグ: metaphor, than, stronger, reality
Sometimes I feel as if I am read before I write. When I write a poem about my mother, Palestinians think my mother is a symbol for Palestine. But I write as a poet, and my mother is my mother. She's not a symbol.
タグ: feel, think, i-am, mother
Nothing, nothing justifies terrorism.
タグ: nothing, terrorism
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