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Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? by Mahmoud Darwish, Mohammad Shaheen

scrow1022's review against another edition

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4.0

Palestinian poet: exile, loss of home, people. History and myth, landscape. Lovely and lyrical. I feel there is a lot I am missing so curious if it opens more to me with time and knowledge.

illyricvm's review against another edition

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5.0

“I know what ruins your heart, pierced
By the peacock, since you were driven a second time from Paradise.
Our whole world has changed, our voices have changed. Even
Our greeting to each other dropped off like a button on sand,
Making no sound.
Say: Good morning!
Say anything to me so that life may be kind to me.”

“Who am I? This
Is a question for others and has no answer. I am my own language,
I am a mu’allaqa… two mu’allaqas… ten,
This is my language
I am my language. I am what was said by the words:
Be My body, and so I was a body, for their rhythm.
I am what I said to the words:
Be a meeting point of my body and eternal desert
Be so that I may be as I say!”

“So let my language conquer
Time the enemy, my descendants,
Myself, my father, and an unending extinction
This is my language and my miracle. A magic wand.”


hel14's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

remembered_reads's review against another edition

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reflective

5.0

ratmanifesto's review against another edition

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was using an oddly formatted kindle book, needs to be read in print!!

tasha_is_dreaming's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

tirragen's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

vanlyn87's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

zeinabfakih's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.5

readorables's review against another edition

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4.0

Woww… I wish I could read it in Arabic. His poems are moving, somehow..