“بعض الناس يخبؤون التعاسة بنفس الطريقة التي يخبئ الآخرون بها الحب ، بخصوصيّةٍ وحدّة ، ودون الإستعانة بأي أحد على مايعصف بهم.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
“Mami wanted me to be a lady:
sit up straight, cross my ankles,
let men protect me.
Papi wanted me to be a leader.
To think quick & strike hard,
to speak rarely, but when I did,
to always be heard. Me?
Playing chess taught me a queen is both:
deadly & graceful, poised & ruthless.
Quiet & cunning. A queen
offers her hand to be kissed,
& can form it into a fist
while smiling the whole damn time.
But what happens when those principles
only apply in a game? & in the real world,
I am not treated as a lady or a queen,
as a defender or opponent
but as a girl so many want to strike off the board.”
― Clap When You Land
sit up straight, cross my ankles,
let men protect me.
Papi wanted me to be a leader.
To think quick & strike hard,
to speak rarely, but when I did,
to always be heard. Me?
Playing chess taught me a queen is both:
deadly & graceful, poised & ruthless.
Quiet & cunning. A queen
offers her hand to be kissed,
& can form it into a fist
while smiling the whole damn time.
But what happens when those principles
only apply in a game? & in the real world,
I am not treated as a lady or a queen,
as a defender or opponent
but as a girl so many want to strike off the board.”
― Clap When You Land
“إن النفس الحزينة المتألمة تجد راحة بانضمامها إلى نفس أخرى تماثلها بالشعور وتشاركها بالإحساس، مثلما يستأنس الغريب بالغريب في أرض بعيدة عن وطنهما، فالقلوب التي تدنيها أوجاع الكآبة بعضها من بعض لا تفرِّقها بهجة الأفراح وبهرجتها. فرابطة الحزن أقوى في النفوس من روابط الغبطة والسرور. والحب الذي تغسله العيون بدموعها يظل طاهرًا وجميلًا وخالدًا.”
― الأجنحة المتكسرة
― الأجنحة المتكسرة
“The slow overture of rain,
each drop breaking
without breaking into
the next, describes
the unrelenting, syncopated
mind. Not unlike
the hummingbirds
imagining their wings
to be their heart, and swallows
believing the horizon
to be a line they lift
and drop.
—Jorie Graham, from “Mind,” Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts. (Princeton University Press; First Edition edition June 21, 1980)”
― Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts
each drop breaking
without breaking into
the next, describes
the unrelenting, syncopated
mind. Not unlike
the hummingbirds
imagining their wings
to be their heart, and swallows
believing the horizon
to be a line they lift
and drop.
—Jorie Graham, from “Mind,” Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts. (Princeton University Press; First Edition edition June 21, 1980)”
― Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts
“«أرهقني السّير على الأشواك وفوق الجمر
وطال الدّرب
وتلاشى هذا القلب
في داء الحزن وداء الشوق وداء الحبّ
خذ بيدي... في آخر خطواتي
خذ بيدي... يا ربّ!”
― كولاج 3
وطال الدّرب
وتلاشى هذا القلب
في داء الحزن وداء الشوق وداء الحبّ
خذ بيدي... في آخر خطواتي
خذ بيدي... يا ربّ!”
― كولاج 3
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