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I am from there. I am from here.
I am not there and I am not here.
I have two names, which meet and part,
and I have two languages.
I forget which of them I dream in.
Mahmoud Darwish
exile
immigrants
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والآن أشهد أن Øضورك موت
وأن غيابك موتان
والآن أمشي على خنجر وأغني...
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لأØبك يوماً وأمضي...
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أمر باسمك إذ أخلو إلى Ù†Ùسي
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