Enemy of the Sun
Samih al-Qasim
I may – if you wish – lose my livelihood
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I may sell my shirt and bed.
I may work as a stone cutter,
A street sweeper, a porter.
I may clean your stores
Or rummage your garbage for food.
I may lie down hungry,
O enemy of the sun,
But
I shall not compromise
And to the last pulse in my veins
I shall resist.
Tag: Culture of Palestine
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