S2B.OD mabmou&DAflwis was that rare literary phenomenon: a poet both a claimed by critics as one of the most in the Arab wor S3 . I! . '"! I '. dence and imagery of the Palestinian struggle, shi: between the most intimate individual experienc marjmou* DARWISH and the burdens of history and collective memory. Brilliantly translated by Fady Joudah, If I Wer Another—which collects the greatest epic works c Darwish's mature years —is a powerful yet elegari IF I W E RE ANOTHER work by a master poet and demonstrates why Dai w wish was one of the most celebrated poets of hi time and was hailed as the voice and conscience o an entire people. > Z • H i I m TJ FADY JOUDAH ALSO BY MAHMOUD DARWI SH AR ivDeireo sfT hitrJ:uos rnals AlmoBnldo sasnoJ?dme syn od ThBeu tteBruflryd'esn WhyD iYdo Lue atvheHe o rAsleo ne? UnofrtunIaWtta ePsla ydr,sai eS:e lePcoteemds MemofrroyFo rgetfuAlungeuBssesti:,ri u9t8,2 IF I WERE ANOTHER FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX 18W es1t8 tSht reNeetw,Y or1k0 011 Copyrig2h0t0©b9 y t hMe� hmoud DarEwsitsaht e Translactoipoynr ig2h0t0©b9 y F adJyo udah Alrli ghrtess erved DistribiunCt aenda dbayD &M PublisIhnecr.s , Prinitentd h Uen itSetda toefAs m erica Firesdti ti2o0n0,9 Grateafuclk nowledigsmm aednetto t hfoel lowpiungb licaitniw ohniscs,ho moef t hepsoee ms originaaplpleya rCeadll:a l"oAHo o:r sfoert hSet rangHearr"va;Rr edv ie"wT:h 'eR eIdn dian's' PenultiSmpaeteetc oht hWeh itMea n"M;o derPno etirnTy r ansla"tLiiokanH:e a nTda ttionto h e JahPioleit O'dse "N;e wA merican Wr"iCtoiunngt:e rpPoNi R�etv"i;e" wR:u bai"yTartu;c'e with thMeo ngoblyst hHeo lmO akF oresatn;d"' AM usiSce ntenPcoee"t;Rre yv ie"wT:u esdaanydt he WeathIesCr l eaAr P"u;b lSipca c"eO:n t hlea esvte nionntg h iesa rtThh"eT; h reepeRnenvyi ew: "TakCea roef t hSet agFsa,t heTri"nH; o us"e:AC anaanRiotceik n t hDee adS eaT"w;o L ines: "RitWai'nst. e"Arp ortoioftn h ien troduwcatsoi roing inpaubllliys ihnTe hdeT hreepeRnenvyi ew. LibroafrC yo ngrCeastsa loging-in-DPautbal ication DarwiMsahh,m ud. [PoemEsn.g liSsehl.e ctions] IfI wearneo thIMe arh mouDda rwi;st hranslbayFt aeddJy o uda-h1.se td . p.c m. Inclubdiebsl iogrraepfehriecnaaclne dis n dex. ISBN-91738:- 0-374(-h1a7r4d2c9:o-a v3le kpr.a per) ISBN-01-03:7 4-1(7h4a2r9d-c6:o a vlekpr.a per) IJ.o udaFha,d iy9,7 1I-IT.i tle. PJ782A02.1A2570 09 8972'.1 6 -dc22 Designaenddt ypebsyeQ tu emadura www.fsgbooks.com 1 3 57 9018 64 2 Thet ranswloautloldri kteot hanJko natGhaalna sLsoiu,iG sleu cMka,r ilHyanc ker, andt heed itooftr hsje o urnianwl hsi cthh aeb ovpeo emfisr satp peared. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: MahmoDuadr wiLsyhrE'ipsciv 1c1 IS EEW HAT IW ANT (1990) Rubai4 yat TakeC aroeft hSet aFgast,h s er Trucwei tthhM eo ngsbo ylt hHeo lOma kF ore1 ss t AM usSiecn te21n ce ThTera geydo fN arcitshCseoum se doyfS ivle2rs The Ho4o 2p oe ELEVENP LANETS( 1992) ElevPelna naettth Esen odf t hAen daluSsciean5 ne7 I.O nt hlea esvte nointn hgi s earth II.H owd oIw rite tahbeo vcel ouds? IIII.h avbee hitnhsdek ays ky IV.A nda mIo noeft he okiftn hegens d v. Oned aIyw ,i slioltn t hsei dewalk VI.T ruhtahts w faoc easn d stnhoiewbs l ack VII.W hoa mI a ftetrhs et ranngiegrh'ts? VIIIW. atebrea,s trtiomn ygg uitar IX.I ne xodIlu osyv oemu o re x. Iw anfrto ml oovnel tyhb ee ginning XI.T he violins The "IRneddi Paenn'ulst"i mSapteeeto cthhW eh iMtaen s 9 A CanataRen oiciknt hDee aSde a7 s WeW ilClh ooSsohepo lcesss RitWai'nst se sr AH orfsoret her.aSntgs4e r MURAL( 200990 ) EXILE( 2005) IT.u esadnatdyh Wee atIsh Celre a14r 9 IID.e nFosge otvheBerr id1g seo IILIi.ka He a nTdat tionto h Jea hPioleit '1s7 1 Ode IVC.ou ntpeori1n st s NOTES 195 GLOSSARY 197 1 NTRO o uC TI 0 N MahmouDda nvisLhy'rsEi pci c t u heMna hmoud DaanrIdmw eiotsn Ah u gu4s2,t0 0fi8v,de a ybse forhee u ndertwhesenu tr gtehrwayot u elndd lhihifeesr, e iterated thcee ntraanlidim tpyo rtMuarnahcloe l fodrts h ciosl leIcnt ion. Murhaelg raswpheahdtefe arweodu bled lhaicssht a ntcowe r iatftees ru rviving cardiovdaesafoctruh l tsaherec otnidmi en1 99T9h.pe o ewma ass onogf praise thaaffitr mlsia fen tdh heu mannioottny l oyf mtahreg inPaalliezsebtdui tn ian alosfo itnhdei vitdhuiasl a enooadnfrM tahh,m oud DarwMiusrhwa alhs i mself. madien atp ol bayyt hPea lesNtaitniiToahnnea alst hroera tftleirytp su blication in2 00w0i thaonupytr ompfrtoimDn agr w(ihspihos e htarosyft ebne esnet to film, maunssdoi nc.Tg, h) set apgoeedhm a cso ntitnotu oetudhr we o rtload s tounadcicnlgia nPi amr,Ei dsi,n bTuurngihsR,ia am,a lHlaaihafa,n,e d l sewhere. A consumpmoaeattte atchmeoe fi nneremxopsetr siiemnuclet,a neously per sonalu nainvdeb restawtleh,ede ne aotflh a ngaunapdgh ey sdiecaaDtlah r,w ish creastoemde tuhniinqghu ietslh:yte r eaotfaip srei vsapteeeb cehc ocmoel lec tiMvuer.wa alts h oen mea gnum oofwp huihsce wh a cse rtara airne, conviction forap owehtro e fleocnht icsso mplweotrewkdis th ha rdsohu ebqtu oanltl ohy is ecsteamtbircwa hceeon nt hteh resohfno elpwdo e.m s Hifisr esxtp eroifde enacitenh1 ,9 8w4a,ps e acaenfupdla infillelswesid,t h VII "whiteTnhseees csw.oa"nms �o rter aumaanwtdai psca ckweidti hn tevnissei ons. Murgaalt hDearrewdi esxhp'esr oifleinacfere,ats n,d d e aittnhh ,e irs ewrheinte itayn vdi olaewnantkie nagn,ad c ceerlahtie"sdl astteyi lnept"ro o lific, progres sively experiinsm eeanortfcna hel wp o osustipbiuinltl a intgiuaeanfosgdr e m , undtehrse h adoofaw b seanncadte h iarnfiddn adle a"tWhh.ao m It od isappoint thveo /iwhdoa mI ;a'st kh e lfiinnoaefTlsh e DPilcaeyD earr,w ilsauhsn'tcs o l lecltyeredip ciw cr,i twteeebnke sfo hrieds e aotnAh u gu9s2,t 0 0B8u.Its triell member his boyliasuwhgh,he Inst artiiohdu i mmp":hT haDeni tc e Pilasa yer distMiulrliaenled n tiredliyc tnieohwnsi ; 'r e"apoSnlmdyfre :i enedvsec nai ltl _ thaent i-MuHreha alod.v "e rchoiomswe an r (tad nd eafotrho )nl ea tsitmh ee,l d iatp afrrotmh imsseotl hfia tt wouludt aaibnnlsddyi i nsgpublealrotlnohy gi m anhdet oi t. IfIW erAen tohieasrt ribtouD taer wilsyhre'ipscia cnt,dot he eosfhs iesn ce "lastteyt lhece,u "l minoafat nei notnli irifeend i altohgmaueter gtehssee wlift h itsst raintogste hrie,ncr o ,n tinuous rtehwneie dweapnlei rnwigip othfhhe uirny mang raTchete.w coo llecltoinpogon estm hsoba fet g inb otoIhkS i,eWse h aIt Wan(t1 9a9n0Ed)l evPelna n(e1t9sm9 a2r)t,khc eo mploefDt airowni msihd'dsl e perdiI.on t hehmew ovae" spfoarct ehj ea smainn(des "u per)iiotmn tp hoes ed oppreesxscilvuoeshf ii vsittaoynr adin ctailn noamriraaIntn1 i9 v9b0ee,.t wteheen persaonntdah lce o llecti[vweaa,sr ]i" dbdbilurett,1 h"9i 9bn6i rth "bae came cloiund [Dahrawni"Ads n.hdb' yMs u]r aeln'(ds2 00t0h)ew,ra e"s n o cilno ud [his]In oeh laenpvdle annI oe n[t hsti esm]p Ilnes.tt"eh aedr teh vweoa wsie nl his namteh,le et teWra w",l otyoa lbw ihretrhpe ovsesr Biyb2 l05e0,D. a"r wish would retutrhnr,ot uhgmehe diourvm i soifao lnm ond btlhofleso swooefhmr is bs,i rth inM arcthor, e vismietm otarhnyemd e anoifnp gl aacnetd,h "eI i"np lace, througho tsheevre irsEnaex lli hvlileesa,s s,t cloolpnlogee cDmti.ea dl elcytriicc,, anddr aompae nuepadn eswp afocrte i mien phoiesta "r lya,t einnefusswsei"dt h agaen sdu rvwihviialdtleo enso" tg goe nitnlteo g �t)Onhdia gth t:' VI II - Iitns e cestosr eaDarday r wsit srha'n sforomfa lttoihnoegn opvoteehrmme o st ac complishyeeda orfifsft l ehi:eitfe nsh seh iiftnd ictfriooman gnoamnhidic g hly metapdhroirtvioasec t roofml ilx aendcd o nverssapteietochpnheaa; rl a dboexes tweperni vaanptdue b lpirce,sa ennadcb es etnhcee ;bb eotnwdte heienn dividual antdh eea rptlha,ac nend,a turiel;l utmhieon fta htceio onnt empSouarfiea sry themteitch aotsd he es seonfpc oee ktniocw loend gitenh,te e orfrfa ecaeas nodn thsee nsiomrayg,i nattihroeen at lhar,ene daa nlid tv sa nishitnhg"e I wi"hs e re interchwaintg(hea annbdosl tpe frl oitmi )to st haenrhd;i asaff ir with dialogue antdh ea(ttercraa, gb isuorrod t,h ertwpoi rsoeda)ul cyere ipsciu cgi e neIrDfia sr. wisfrhi'estn hdge r ecartiE tdiwcaS radhi adad l eantionwga rd tDhaer wniosvhe l, wausn doubatp eldalyywa rthi egahTrtht ih.sa bde eenv idseinnhtci yeso uth, whetihnpe ore lmisAk Seo ldDireearmo sfW hiLtiel (iwersi itn1t 9e6an7n n do w ap art Noofr wtehlgeii vaen- efirlfomr-mpaIndceenot fti htSeyo lu[ 200i8n] , whiDcahr wiifessa ht uorreWd ri)tg it not hLei gohfatR ifi(e1 970)h,ib sro irl in liaenatrp lryob soeoa kni dtt si ptileeDc iea,ro ifOe rsd inSaorrryo( w1 9)7.3 YetD arwwiasnshe vceorm fortwaibtllhoe o kbiancagkht i gsl orpiaosHutes. waasn e mbodiomfee xnital sbe o,te hx istaennmdte itaalp hsytsaibtceeay,lo nd thmee reelxyt earnnbdae ly,om nedt apihnho iirsn, t erreiloarwt iitsohena lsnf d arNta.t uraanlpdle yr,hr aepflse xDiavrewleiyxs,ph r eafls eseetdri ensge ravta tion myd estioir nec lhuedrteeh t ew ool der Iv oSlWeuhemaI etW s an ta nEdl even PlanTerutest,.h t ew aor lei ntkoael da rhgiesrt orretiehclaia nMslu roarlE xile, sintchfeero mevro luwmeerwser itdtuernti hnfiegr Psatl estinian Intifada, which begian1n 9 8a7m ,a jdoerfi neivnegin ntt h ied enatnihdto ypo efasd ispossessed peopalniedrn, e sptoton hsseep ecottfah cpele ea ced sa cDcaokrrnweiwwso hu ld follBouwt. miomrpeo ritnta hnettsw,evo o luDmaersw hiaswdhr ithtiCesan n to GenehriaNslo ,t eboofaoR ke tutroMny N atiLvaenh di,Os m erodse,s tabilizing IX
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