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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2005
Size: 66×95 cm (26.0″×37.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Emigration is a distance bitten inside us.” (Hanna Abu Hanna)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“الغربة مسافة نهشها البعد في داخلنا.” (حنا أبو حنا)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2007
Size: 68×98 cm (26.8″×38.6″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“The temple’s door has become a pile of ashes / but my harp still holds the air of its arches / pushing its columns upright / This blood is no longer defenseless.” (Hanna Abu Hanna)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“عند باب الهيكل المهدور أكوام رماد / لم تزل قيثارتي تعقد في الجوّ قناطر / وتقيم الأعمدة / من دم ما عاد أعزل.” (حنا أبو حنا)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2008
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“O woodcutter chopping the branches of my olive tree / Scram! You will never get at my roots / My olive tree! / Who says it was desiccated by death? / The roots are throbbing alive in my plundered earth.” (Hanna Abu Hanna)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“يا حاطب الأغصان من زيتونتي / أقصِرْ فإنّك لن تطول جذوري / زيتونتي! / من قال أيبسها الرّدى / والجذر حيٌّ في الثّرى المغدور.” (حنا أبو حنا)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2008
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“In the entrance to the tunnel of exiled homeland / Where the ages dampen / Where darkness breeds with despair / The hangman, maddened, exclaimed: / “Where is the light coming from? / The tunnel is sealed prison cells / And the night is armed to the teeth ?!” / … Yet eyes are clinging to spiritual rays.” (Hanna Abu Hanna)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“في النّفق الدّهليز الوطن المنفى / حيث الأعمار رطوبة / حيث العتمة تتناسل واليأس القاتل / جُنَّ الجلّاد: / مِن أين الضّوء والنّفَقُ سجونٌ مختومة / واللّيل جنود؟! / … وعيون تتعلّق بشعاع الروح.” (حنا أبو حنا)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2008
Size: 60×93 cm (23.6″×36.6″)
Materials: pastel on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“This blood, spilled into bayonet streams / flows into an ocean of torment / then embraces the sky / holding out a red cloud.” (Hanna Abu Hanna)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“هذا الدّم المراق في جداول الحراب / ينصبّ في أقيانس العذاب / ثم يعانق الفضاء / منعقدًا سحابةً حمراء.” (حنا أبو حنا)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2005
Size: 60×100 cm (23.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“There is not much left of the vineyards that filled my childhood. One stayed for the arbor and the shade and for boasting that I preserve my heritage and my childhood and the values that are uprooted like the thorns from the body of the one that picks up prickly pears. And the memory like death picks up beloved and dear ones, either by repeated road accidents, or heart attacks that we did not know when our childhood began and ended in the house yard and in the few vineyards that remained.” (Naim Araidi)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“لم يبق كثيرًا من كروم العنب التي كانت تملأ طفولتي. بقيتْ واحدة للعريشة والظّلّ وللمفاخرة بأنّي أحافظ على تراثي وعلى طفولتي وعلى القيم التي تُقتلع كما الشّوك من الجسد الذي يقطف صاحبه الصّبر. والذّاكرة كما يقطف الموت أحبّاء وأعزّاء، إمّا بحوادث الطّرق المتكرّرة، وإمّا بالسّكتات القلبيّة التي لم نكن نعرفها عندما كانت طفولتنا تبدأ وتنتهي في ساحة الدّار وفي كروم العنب التي لم يبقَ منها الكثير.” (نعيم عرايدي)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2006
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“People are lines, written but with water.” (Jubran Khalil Jubran)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“إنّما الناس سطورٌ، كُتبت لكن بماء.” (جبران خليل جبران)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2008
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“I met you sowing tears in Wadi Saleeb. I saw the houses blocked and silence lay over the sticky blood in the streets… My shadow flees away from me mourning in the rifts of the houses.” (Hanna Abu Hanna)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“لقيتك تستنبتين الدّموع بوادي الصّليب. رأيتُ البيوت تُكمّ، ويقعي السّكون دمًا لزجًا في الدروب… ويهرب ظلّي منّي يحشرج بين سلوع البيوت.” (حنا أبو حنا)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2005
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“… We are the hand that slaps an awl. We are the wound that bleeds strength.” (Hanna Abu Hanna)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“… أنّنا الكفّ التي تلطم مخرزا. أنّنا الجرح الذي ينزف قوّة.” (حنا أبو حنا)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2008
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“From “Mountain Street” comes the sobbing / And from “Carmel Avenue” comes the mourning / Stripped of their names / And time erases place.” (Hanna Abu Hanna)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“من شارع الجبل النّشَجاتُ / ومن جادة الكرمل الحشرجات / تُشَلَّخُ أسماؤها / ويمحو الزّمان المكان.” (حنا أبو حنا)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2014
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.” (Psalm 103:2)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“باركي يا نفسي الرب، ولا تنسي كل حسناته.” (مزمور 103: 2)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2013
Size: 90×60 cm (35.4″×23.6″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God.” (Matthew 5:9)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“طوبى لصانعي السلام لأنهم أبناء الله يُدعون.” (متى 5: 9)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2010
Size: 64×96 cm (25.2″×37.8″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God.” (Matthew 5:9)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“طوبى لصانعي السلام لأنهم أبناء الله يُدعون.” (متى 5: 9)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2010
Size: 80×120 cm (31.5″×47.2″)
Materials: oil and acrylic on canvasArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“تعالوا إليّ يا جميع المتعبين والثّقيلي الأحمال، وأنا أريحكم.” (متى 11: 28)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2013
Size: 65×96 cm (25.6″×37.8″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” (Luke 2:14)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“المجد لله في الأعالي، وعلى الأرض السّلام، وبالنّاس المسرّة.” (لوقا 2: 14)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2013
Size: 65×93 cm (25.6″×36.6″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” (Luke 2:14)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“المجد لله في الأعالي، وعلى الأرض السّلام، وبالنّاس المسرّة.” (لوقا 2: 14)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2013
Size: 65×97 cm (25.6″×38.2″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“تعالوا إليّ يا جميع المتعبين والثّقيلي الأحمال، وأنا أريحكم.” (متى 11: 28)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2013
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“سراج لرجلي كلامك ونور لسبيلي.” (مزمور 119: 105)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2013
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:7)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“سلام الله الذي يفوق كل عقل، يحفظ قلوبكم وأفكاركم في المسيح يسوع.” (فيلبي 4: 7)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2013
Size: 67×94 cm (26.4″×37.0″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit.” (Matthew 7:17)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“كل شجرة جيّدة تصنع أثمارا جيّدة.” (متى 7: 17)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2013
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.” (John 14:27)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“سلاما أترك لكم. سلامي أعطيكم.” (يوحنا 14: 27)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2010
Size: 67×97 cm (26.4″×38.2″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“لأنه هكذا أحب الله العالم حتى بذل ابنه الوحيد، لكي لا يهلك كل من يؤمن به، بل تكون له الحياة الأبدية.” (يوحنا 3: 16)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2013
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:14)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“من يشرب من الماء الذي أعطيه أنا فلن يعطش إلى الأبد، بل الماء الذي أعطيه يصير فيه ينبوع ماء ينبع إلى حياة أبديّة.” (يوحنا 4: 14)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2012
Size: 50×70 cm (19.7″×27.6″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache, ink and gold marker on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“The joy of the Lord is your strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“فرح الرّب هو قوّتكم.” (نحميا 8: 10)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2012
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache, ink and gold marker on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“I heard the annunciation, Immanuel / As Gabriel told me / Mary, you shall call His name Jesus / Born like no other / My beloved Son / Jesus…” (Haroun Ibrahim)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“سمعت البشرى عمّانوئيل / كما قال لي جبرائيل / تسمّينه يسوع يا مريم / مولود ليس له مثيل / ولدي الحبيب / يسوع. / فسكنت في أحشائي وحملتك / وتمخّضت بك وولدتك / أنت المولود، قبل الدّهور / صرت ابن البشر وأطعمتك / ولدي الحبيب، ولدي يسوع / يسوع. / نظرتك طفلا في حضني تحتضن الكون بالعين / وعين الكل تنتظرك / ومسرّتك أن تعطي / ولدي يسوع، ولدي الحبيب / يسوع. / حملت علامة العهد / رأيت بعينيه الجلد / وأنت ممزّق الجسد / لتعطي خلاصا / أبدي / آه يا ولدي / يسوع. / رأيت التّاج من شوك / فجمد الدّم في عروقي / رغم علمي لكنّي أمّ / تبكي والّدمع هو يحكي / ولدي / يسوع. / دفنوك في القبر فكنتُ / وكأنّي مُتُّ وقبرتُ / وجائني بشرى قيامتك / ففرحتُ وكأنّي وُلدتُ / ولدي / الحبيب.” (هارون ابراهيم)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2012
Size: 32×45 cm (12.6″×17.7″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:15)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“أمّا أنا وبيتي فنعبد الرّب.” (يشوع 24: 15)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2012
Size: 35×50 cm (13.8″×19.7″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” (Psalm 23:1)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“الرب راعيّ فلا يعوزني شيء.” (مزمور 23: 1)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2012
Size: 35×50 cm (13.8″×19.7″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” (Psalm 23:1)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“الرب راعيّ فلا يعوزني شيء.” (مزمور 23: 1)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2013
Size: 65×93 cm (25.6″×36.6″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” (Psalm 111:10)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“رأس الحكمة مخافة الرب.” (مزمور 111: 10)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2003
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” (Matthew 11:28-29)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“تعالوا إلي يا جميع المتعبين والثقيلي الأحمال، وأنا أريحكم. احملوا نيري عليكم وتعلموا مني، لأني وديع ومتواضع القلب، فتجدوا راحة لنفوسكم.” (متى 11: 28-29)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 1998
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land.” (Exodus 20:12)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“أكرم أباك وأمّك لكي تطول أيّامك على الأرض.” (خروج 20: 12)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2004
Size: 50×70 cm (19.7″×27.6″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Charity never faileth.” (1 Corinthians 13:8)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“المحبة لا تسقط أبدا.” (1 كورنثوس 13: 8)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2012
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Haifa is the fullness of Spring.” (Rushdi al-Madhi)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“حيفا ربيع معتّق.” (رشدي الماضي)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2003
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“تعالوا إليّ يا جميع المتعبين والثّقيلي الأحمال، وأنا أريحكم.” (متى 11: 28)
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2002
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“The most precious place in the world is a horse’s saddle and the best companion is a book.” (Al-Mutanabbi)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“أعزّ مكان في الدّنى سرج سابح وخير جليس في الزّمان كتاب.” (المتنبي)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2002
Size: 68×97 cm (26.8″×38.2″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“Oh spring, take me back to my homeland, if only as a flower.” ()Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“بلادي أعدني إليها، ولو زهرة يا ربيع.” ()
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2012
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“How far away I am, when I see myself in a dream, I see it far away.” (Rushdi al-Madhi)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“ما أبعدني حين أراني حلما أراه بعيدا.” (رشدي الماضي)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2008
Size: 67×95 cm (26.4″×37.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“My homeland is not a suitcase and I am not a traveler.” (Mahmoud Darwish)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“وطني ليس حقيبة وأنا لست مسافر.” (محمود درويش)
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Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2005
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“The richest is the one who gives the most.” ()Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“أغنى النّاس من كان أكثرهم عطاء.” ()
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Artwork details
Artist: Kamil Dow
Year: 2008
Size: 70×100 cm (27.6″×39.4″)
Materials: acrylic, gouache and ink on paperArabic calligraphy text in English:
“As you prepare your breakfast, think of others. / Don’t forget to feed the pigeons. / As you fight your wars, think of others. / Don’t forget those who want peace. / As you go home, your own home, think of others. / Don’t forget those who live in tents. / As you liberate yourself with metaphors, think of others. / Those who have lost their right to speak. / As you think of distant others, think of yourself. / Say: I wish I were a candle in the darkness.” (Mahmoud Darwish)Arabic calligraphy text in Arabic (original):
“وأنت تعدّ فطورك، فكّر بغيرك / لا تنس قوت الحمام / وأنت تخوض حروبك، فكّر بغيرك / لا تنس من يطلبون السلام / وأنت تعود إلى البيت، بيتك، فكّر بغيرك / لا تنس شعب الخيام / وأنت تحرّر نفسك بالاستعارات، فكّر بغيرك / من فقدوا حقّهم في الكلام / وأنت تفكّر بالآخرين البعيدين، فكّر بنفسك / قل: ليتني شمعةٌ في الظلام.” (محمود درويش)
