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Don’t be half hearted

10/30/2023

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Don’t be half hearted…be wholesome
Be like a river, there with the tree
Say with your voice: No
Say with your heart:no
And with your eyes: no
And with your palms: No
And open for the morning roads…..continuous
every time they dug a grave for its dew
And be a wheat kernel for the lark
And for the field, be a rainy cloud
And when everyone but you sleeps
Be the star that never fades,
let the sun shine for a second

Poem by Ibrahim Nasrallah
Photo of Palestinian Sunbird by Dalal Abu Aminah
لا تكن نصفَ قلبكَ.. كن كلَّهُ
كن كنهرٍ هناك مع الشجرةْ
قُلْ بصوتكَ: لا
قل بقلبك: لا
وبعينيك: لا
وبكفيك: لا
وافتتحْ طرُقًا للصباح .. مدىً
كلَّما افتتحوا للنَّدى مقــ ـبرةْ
وكن حبةَ القمح للقُبَّرة
وللحقلِ كن غيمةً مُـمْطِرَة
وحين ينامُ سواك كن النجمةَ السَّاهرة
دع الشمسَ تشرق ثانيةً
#إبراهيم_نصرالله
#الصورة: طائر الشمس الفلـــ،،،طيني
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