"I have the wisdom of one condemned to death: I own nothing for anything to own me"
— Mahmoud Darwish

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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English translation from Fady Joudah's The Butterfly's Burden (2007) Arabic text of the poem: حكمة المحكوم بالإعدام