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53 Great Quotes By Mahmoud Darwish To Begin Your Day With

Famous As: Poet
Born On: 1941
Died On: 2008
Born In: Al-Birwa
Died At Age: 67
Mahmoud Darwish was a distinguished Palestinian author and poet. He was considered to be the Palestinian national poet. He bagged in a number of awards and accolades for his writings, thoughts and works. He became the voice of the struggling people of his country. He won global recognition for his poetry that primarily focused on the strong affection for a lost homeland. He also worked as an editor for a number of literary magazines in Israel. His poetry and prose have been translated in more than 24 languages. A number of his works were also put to music. We have compiled some thought-provoking quotes and sayings by Mahmoud Darwish that are sure to inspire and motivate you. Read through the most famous collection of quotes and thoughts by Mahmoud Darwish on homeland, children, emotions, nationality, tension, occupation and more.
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Have I had two roads, I would have chosen their third.

Have I had two roads, I would have chosen their third.

Mahmoud Darwish
I am from there. I am from here.
I am not there and I am not here.
I have two names, which meet and part,
and I have two languages.
I forget which of them I dream in.

I am from there. I am from here. I am not there and I am not here. I have two names, which meet and part, and I have two languages. I forget which of them I dream in.

Mahmoud Darwish
If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears.

If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears.

Mahmoud Darwish
The days have taught you not to trust happiness because it hurts when it deceives.

The days have taught you not to trust happiness because it hurts when it deceives.

Mahmoud Darwish
My love, I fear the silence of your hands.

My love, I fear the silence of your hands.

Mahmoud Darwish
We are captives, even if our wheat grows over the fences/ and swallows rise from our broken chains./ We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.

We are captives, even if our wheat grows over the fences/ and swallows rise from our broken chains./ We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.

Mahmoud Darwish
The stars had only one task: they taught me how to read.
They taught me I had a language in heaven
and another language on earth.

The stars had only one task: they taught me how to read. They taught me I had a language in heaven and another language on earth.

Mahmoud Darwish
And if happiness should surprise you again, do not mention its previous betrayal.
Enter into the happiness, and burst.

And if happiness should surprise you again, do not mention its previous betrayal. Enter into the happiness, and burst.

Mahmoud Darwish
Far away, our dreams have nothing to do with what we do. The wind carries the night, and passes on, aimless.

Far away, our dreams have nothing to do with what we do. The wind carries the night, and passes on, aimless.

Mahmoud Darwish
Where can I free myself of the homeland in my body?

Where can I free myself of the homeland in my body?

Mahmoud Darwish
I learnt all the words worthy of the court of blood
So that I could break the rule
I learnt all the words and broke them up
To make a single word:
Homeland..

I learnt all the words worthy of the court of blood So that I could break the rule I learnt all the words and broke them up To make a single word: Homeland..

Mahmoud Darwish
She does not love you.
Your metaphors thrill her
you are her poet.
But that's all there's to it.

She does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it.

Mahmoud Darwish
I love women whose hidden desires make horses put an end to their lives at the threshold

I love women whose hidden desires make horses put an end to their lives at the threshold

Mahmoud Darwish
We suffer from an incurable malady: Hope.

We suffer from an incurable malady: Hope.

Mahmoud Darwish
I want to find a language that transforms language itself into steel for the spirit--a language to use against these sparkling insects, these jets.

I want to find a language that transforms language itself into steel for the spirit--a language to use against these sparkling insects, these jets.

Mahmoud Darwish
Life defined only as the opposite of death is not life.

Life defined only as the opposite of death is not life.

Mahmoud Darwish
One day, I will be a poet. Water will depend on my visions.

One day, I will be a poet. Water will depend on my visions.

Mahmoud Darwish
The poem is in my hands, and can run stories through her hands.

The poem is in my hands, and can run stories through her hands.

Mahmoud Darwish
And you became like the coffee, 
In the deliciousness, 
and the bitterness 
and the addiction.

And you became like the coffee, In the deliciousness, and the bitterness and the addiction.

Mahmoud Darwish
... For me it is essential, essential for the poet to have a new toast, new songs.

... For me it is essential, essential for the poet to have a new toast, new songs.

Mahmoud Darwish
We journey towards a home that does not halo our head with a special sun.
Mythical women applaud us. A sea for us, a sea against us.

We journey towards a home that does not halo our head with a special sun. Mythical women applaud us. A sea for us, a sea against us.

Mahmoud Darwish
Words are a homeland.

Words are a homeland.

Mahmoud Darwish
Please take your time. I want you to kill me slowly so I can write my last
poem to my wife's heart. They laughed, and took from me
only the words dedicated to my wife's heart.

Please take your time. I want you to kill me slowly so I can write my last poem to my wife's heart. They laughed, and took from me only the words dedicated to my wife's heart.

Mahmoud Darwish
May poetry and God's name have mercy on us!

May poetry and God's name have mercy on us!

Mahmoud Darwish
We Do as the ascendants to GOD ; the prisoners and the unemployeds Do , we Forget the Pain & Raise Hope ~

We Do as the ascendants to GOD ; the prisoners and the unemployeds Do , we Forget the Pain & Raise Hope ~

Mahmoud Darwish
This peace will leave us as a cluster of dust...

This peace will leave us as a cluster of dust...

Mahmoud Darwish
In a world that has no heaven the earth becomes an abyss.
And the poem is one of its consolation prizes.
One of the qualities of the winds, north or south

In a world that has no heaven the earth becomes an abyss. And the poem is one of its consolation prizes. One of the qualities of the winds, north or south

Mahmoud Darwish
I have learned and dismantled all the words in order to draw from them a
single word: Home.

I have learned and dismantled all the words in order to draw from them a single word: Home.

Mahmoud Darwish
If there must be a moon, let it be high,
a high moon made in Baghdad, neither Arab, nor Persian,
nor claimed by the goddesses all around us.

If there must be a moon, let it be high, a high moon made in Baghdad, neither Arab, nor Persian, nor claimed by the goddesses all around us.

Mahmoud Darwish
I know who opens the door to the jasmine tree
as it makes our dreams blossom for the evening's guests.

I know who opens the door to the jasmine tree as it makes our dreams blossom for the evening's guests.

Mahmoud Darwish