Thank you God for all those things


 

 

Thank you for my fears

For without them

I could live my entire days

Without ever appreciating

How safe my life is

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Thank you for my worries

For without them I could never

Fully enjoy peace of mind

And tranquillity

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Thank you for my pain

For without it

I could only imagine

What others go through

Amal, 11 years old. 

Thank you for my grief

For without it

I couldn’t sincerely feel

 The heartache of others

How else can I ever

Learn genuine empathy?

Thank you God, for all my imperfections

xxaa

 

فاجعة


ويبقى السؤال الأصعب، العصي على الجواب

كيف تُبعثُ الحياةُ في أمةٍ أدمنت الموتَ الى حد الثمالة؟

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أتلك حقاً هي مهبط القرآن؟

“أمتي أمتي”

صاح قلبي المكلومُ يأملُ يقظةً

وخفق الفؤادُ برجفةٍ يرجو الجواب

“يا حسرة على العباد”

عاد الصدى ليصُمّني وبحسرة ليضمَّني

هيهات هيهات فلا حياة لمن تنادي

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أينعت مَيْتةً… لا بل جيفةً

تنغل بالفتن من عفن الذنوب

خاوية الفكر، قاسية القلب، باردة الروح، عمياء البصيرة

ظالمة صارت شقية

فظة غليظة منزوعة الحنية

Saudi King and the Rabbi

 

تفاخر بالجدود وفعلِهم، وماضياً قد زال

ترسم قصور المجد في زوايا الخيال… حمراء مخملية

تلعق الأحلام عجزاً وتباهي بالسراب

وفي أفنائها تزهو القمامة ويلعب الذباب

بريقُ تبرٍ زائف يسلب الألباب … ولبه العذاب

جاثية تحبو على الركبتين

ثملى تترنح

ذات اليمين وذات اليسار

 

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إن أبصرتها فررت منها هلعاً

بغيّاً … تترامى بأحضان الطغاة

صار العدو لها عشيقاً

وأخا العقيدة فاسقٌ، زنديق، بل كافرٌ دمه مراق

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عادت لوأد بناتها بخدورهن

وكأنما ما من رسالة، ولا من رسول

تهين مَن الرحمن كرّمهنّْ من فوق سبع طباق

 

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تكذّب الصدوق تصدق الكذاب

تؤمن الخئون تخوّن الأمناء

تغتال الطفولةَ في مهدها

وبوقاحة تجني على البراءة

 

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سفك الدماء لها هواية

وقمع العقول لها شعار

بث السموم فضيلة

وقطع الرؤوس جهاد

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رجالها؟ ويحي وأي رجال

أسود فراعنة على ضعفائها

وأمام الغاصبين سخال

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عربية تتفاخر…بكبر وعنجهية

وتنفث الأحقاد سموما عقربية

تُقَّطع الأوصال بين جُنوبها تمزق الأحشاء

يأكل بعضها بعضاً صبحاً ومساء

تنهش لحم نفسها، تلوك كباد خيارها

وتولغ نهماً ونشوة في دماء الشهداء

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وبني تلمود نشوى تتمايل

ان كان ذا أعداؤها فهنيئاً لها السلام

 وحرّي لها السعد والنعيم والاكرام

سيوفها فلتغمد وعيونها قريرة تنام

لا حرب بعد اليوم، لا نزاع، لا خصام

ارمي سلاحك يا ابنة صهيون

ونامي هنياً يا أم كوهين

صدور العُرب منذ اليوم تحميك وترعاك

وسواعدهم ما فُتلت الا لمسح الدمع عن محياك

 

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واآفجعتاه

أما عاد يجري بتلك العروق اليعربية قطرة دم؟

أما عاد للعارتجسيد وتوصيف وتعريف سوى: عُرْبِ المومسات؟

أما عاد للدين الحنيف نصير،تقي، طهور، زكي، صادق، وأمين؟

“وإن تتولوا يستبدل قوماً غيركم ثم لا يكونوا أمثالكم”

 

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O World… . يا عالَم


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يا عالَم…

يا انسان…


يا خلق الرحمن



يا ابداع اللطيف الحنّان

صباح الخير رغم انف الشر

صباح الامل رغم انف الالم

صباح الورد رغم انف الاشواك

صباح العدل رغم انف الظلم

صباح النور رغم انف الظلمات

صباح النصر رغم انف القهر

صباح الحرية رغم انف العبيد

صباح الكرامة رغم انف الاحتلال

صباح الابتسامة رغم انف الدموع

صباح الفرح رغم انف الاحزان

صباح الحب رغم انف الفراق

احبكم في الله يا كُلّ الاخيار والطيبين في هذا العالم

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O world

O human

O creation of the Most Merciful

O masterpiece of the Most Compassionate, Most Sublime

Good Morning

A morning of goodness, despite the wicked

A morning of hope despite despair

A morning of roses despite thorns

A morning of justice despite suppression

A morning of light despite darkness

A morning of victory despite oppression

A morning of freedom despite slavery

A morning of dignity despite occupation

A morning of smiles despite tears

A morning of joy despite sorrow

A morning of love despite separation

 

World, and ALL good people in it …. I love you

 

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At your Feet, Heaven Lies


Beloved Mother

 

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Knock knock


My beloved brothers and sisters in humanity

With a bunch of scented roses

and a meadow of wild flowers,

I wish to wipe your tears away

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Kneeling down with utmost love

Embrace your pain and weary hearts

Caress your wondrous beautiful souls

 

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With a grateful smile

I knock at your door

Wishing and praying you accept my call

 

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أحبّك حبّين


Two Kinds of Love

قصيدة للشاعرة : رابعة العدوية Poem: Rabia Al’Adaweyah

ريم بنّا | Rim Banna –

أحبّك حبّين

أحبّك حبّيْن حُبّ الهوى
وحُبّاً لأنك أهلٌ لذاك
فأما الذي هو حُبّ الهوى
فشغلي بذكرك عمّن سواك
وأما الذي أنت أهلٌ له
فكشفكُ للحُجب حتى أراك
فلا الحمد في ذاك ولا ذاك لي
ولكن لك الحمد في ذا وذاك
ولما علمت بأن قلبي فارغ
ممَن سواك .. ملأته بهواك
وملأت كلّي منك حتى لم
أدع مني مكاناً خالياً لسواك

فالقلب فيه هيامه وغرامه
والنطق لا ينفكّ عن ذكراك
والطَرف حيث أُجيله متلفتاً
في كل شيء يجتلي معناك
والسمع لا يُصغي إلى متكلّم

إلا اذا ما حدّثوا بحلاك

Imagine This !


With the “good” example of Balfour Declaration as a precedent,

IMAGINE THIS:

Nahida, Exiled Palestinian Declaration

Nahida, Exiled Palestinian [who has been languishing in exile for decades, along with millions of exiled Palestinians] view with favour the establishment in Britain of a national home for the LGBT people [who have been denied the right to express a national sovereignty and denied the right to exercise their cultural, political and national identity and aspirations as an oppressed and persecuted minority].

Exiled Palestinians will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-LGBT communities in Britain, or the rights and political status enjoyed by LGBT in any other country.

Exiled Palestinian, will go a step further and promises to give:

State of California to Yemeni people
State of Colorado and Kansas to Afghan people
State of Georgia to Pakistani people
State of Texas to Iranian people
States of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia to Iraqi people
States of New Mexico and Arizona, to Mexican people
States of Washington, Oregon, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma to Black African people
States of Nevada, Utah, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Florida to South American people,

Furthermore, Exiled Palestinian promises to give:

France to Algerian people,
Germany to Turkish people,
Spain to Moroccan people
Italy to Libyan people
Finland to Zambian people
Russian Federation to left-handed people
Finland to Red-Haired people
Norway to people who like spaghetti and apple Juice

Exiled Palestinian invites people of FB vote for this Declaration please .

(Disclaimer: this is of course a satire)

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Embryo and the Amazing Quran


Be a Rose


Be a rose

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Giving fragrance when caressed

Held up softly, crushed or destroyed

 

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In abundance it fills the ambiance

Never withholds what it contains

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Every person you come by

Paths have crossed, wisdom unknown

 

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Don’t let it pass or go to waste

Without a whisper, heart to heart

 

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Spiky shells hide weary souls

Fragile and wounded throbbing in pain

 

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Just like you, carry own load

Seeking retreat, hurting and cold

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Wash tears and fears with a glowing smile

Extend your hands, embrace a face

 

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Reassure with a tender gaze

Delight, as you leave your scent behind

 

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Brush your surrounds with your heavenly soul

Paint grey days with rainbow hues

 

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lilac and mauve, violet and green

Red and amber, pink and blue

 

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Scatter your pearls for all who seek

Sparkles of joy, boundless sublime

 

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Awaken seeds of love, dormant inside

Watch barren hearts tremble and bloom

Be a rose

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You are welcome


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You are welcome to have my land

Yes, you can have my land

When… you are able to hear

The weeping olive tree, when pulled down

With the sharp, yellow teeth of your ugly bulldozer

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Yes, you can have my land

 

When… you are able to feel, the agonising pain

 

Of my hills and mountains… torn apart

 

When hit by your merciless missile

 

***

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Yes, you can have my land

 

When… you are able to see

 

The blood of my poppies, when fallen to the ground

 

Crushed under the cold metallic chains of your tank

***

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Yes, you can have my land

 

When… you are able to taste

 

The bitter salty flavour of slavery,

Felt by my villages and towns

 

When under curfew for days on end

 

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Yes, you can have my land

 

When… you are able to smell

 

The burning yearning in my orchid’s wounded heart

 

To be united again with her much missed children

 

***

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Yes, you can have my land

 

When… you are able to hear

 

The cries of howling wind, mourning her little ones

 

Who used to play, flying away their black and white

 

Red and green kites

 

***

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Yes, you can have my land

 

When… you are able to feel

 

The tight shallow breathing of my home and garden

 

Suffocating by your nerve and tear gas

 

***

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Yes, you can have my land

 

When… you are able to see

 

The tears of my clouds trickling down their cheeks

 

When punched by the fist of your apache helicopter

 

***

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Yes, you can have my land

 

When… you are able to taste

 

The sweetness of dignity felt by a stone

 

When picked up by a little hand of a brave boy

 

***

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Yes, you can have my land

 

When… you are able to smell

 

The perfume of my earth, taking a shower

 

Getting ready to embrace the body

 

Of her beloved child

 

***

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Yes, you can have my land

 

When… you are able to touch and heal

 

The deep bleeding wounds of my sky

 

Stabbed by your f16

 

***

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Yes, you can have my land

 

When… you are able to teach

 

Your heart how to love

 

Every drop of water, gushing from below

 

Or falling from above

 

***

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Yes, you can have my land

 

When… you can gently hold

 

Every grain of sand

 

And tell her how sorry you are

 

For causing all the pain she’s gone through

 

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Yes, you are welcome to have my land

 

When… you fall on your knees sobbing

 

When are able to hear, whispers of angels

Chanting of saints and prayers of prophets

 

Singing words of love and peace

 

For EVERY human soul, not just your own

 

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Then… and ONLY then

 

You are welcome to have my land

 

But then, will you ever do it?

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Na… I doubt it !

 


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