Abandon Me Not
My homeland is your forehead, so hear me
Abandon me not
Behind the hedge
Like a wild plant,
Like an abandoned pigeon
Abandon me not
As a wretched moon
As a beggar star among the branches
Abandon me not
Free in my pain
But hold me
With a hand that pours the sun
Through the windows of my prison
Get used to burning me,
If you were mine,
With passionate love
Through my stones and olives
Through my window . . . my mud!
My country is your forehead, so hear me
Abandon me not !
translated by Mohammad Shaheen
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Mahmoud Darwish
I Don't Want This Poem To End
Interlink 2017
