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Mahmoud Darwish

“We are captives, even if our wheat grows over the fences/ and swallows rise from our broken chains./ We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.”

Mahmoud Darwish, Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems
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Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems by Mahmoud Darwish
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