English

العربية Transliterate

I am from there and I have memories . Like any other
Man I was born . I have a mother ,
A house with several windows , friends and brothers .
I have a prison cell ' s cold window , a wave
Snatched by seagulls , my own view , an extra blade
Of grass , a moon at word ' s end , a life-supply
Of birds , and an olive tree that cannot die .
I walked and crossed the land before the crossing
Of swords made a banquet-table of a body .

I come from there , and I return the sky
To its mother when it cries for her , and cry
For a cloud on its return
To recognize me . I have learned
All words befitting of blood ' s court to break
The rule ; I have learned all the words to take
The lexicon apart for one noun ' s sake ,
The compound I must make :
Homeland .