Nothing More to Lose by Najwan Darwish

Author:Najwan Darwish
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-59017-747-1
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2014-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

Suleiman al-Halabi

We remember your hand

as we hear

of those shaking hands with their executioners

You were twenty-four years old

when the sun rising over Syria

ordered you to advance

(What good is a hand

that does not hold the heart?)

And here you are with your blade

charging at Kléber....

And as they were slicing off your hand

the sun rising over Syria

spoke to you:

Stand firm, my son

What can I tell you of the two hundred years

that have passed since your execution?

What can I tell you of the fate of your hand

or of those shaking hands

with their executioners?

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