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Mahmoud Darwish (1941 – 2008)
The Economist pays tribute to Mahmoud Darwish, “the voice of Palestine”, who died on August 9th, aged 67, three days after heart surgery at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas.
“In his last poem, Mr Darwish described Palestinians and Israelis as two men trapped in a hole:
He said: Will you bargain with me now?
I said: For what would you bargain
In this grave?
He said: Over my share and your share of this common grave
I said: Of what use is that?
Time has passed us by,
Our fate is an exception to the rule
Here lie a killer and the killed, asleep in one hole
And it remains for another poet to write the end of the script.”
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