OMNIA VINCIT فلسطيني  AMOR

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

written in the Arabic Form (after poet Marwa Helal)
 

loved we because

kindness is memory love’s my because

punishment its also is gift love’s because

separated are we

 

together us loved has who everyone thank to writing am I

we longer no are we today because

cannot checkpoints military what conquer to love ask

 

goodness is she

meaning its and face its be to her knew I

love my because

balcony a for sea the of entirety the deserves

dowry a for afternoons Jerusalem gilded

we veil wedding a for spring of anemones the all

longer no are

loss and love of note first like ل*

waves the facing us to back its with

never is there if even

resides she 1 longer no are we though another

conquered and free heart my in

unending this resist I

                                                + + +

 

لا تصالح*

Based on 50 years and seven decades. Based also on the story of two Palestinian lovers, one from Gazaand the other from Jerusalem, who met and fell in love at Birzeit University in the West Bank, and broke off their engagement because occupation prevented them from living in the same city.

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