If I Must Die By Refaat Alareer

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If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer

Palestinian poet, writer, literature professor, and activist Dr. Refaat Alareer was killed on December 7th, 2023, in a targeted Israeli airstrike that also killed his brother, his sister, and four of her children.

Dr. Alareer was a beloved professor of literature and creative writing at the Islamic University of Gaza, where he taught since 2007.

This poem has been pinned to his twitter profile since November 1st, 2023.

كَيْفَ يُمْكِنَكَ أَنْ تَشْتَاقَ إِلَى شَخْصٍ لَمْ تُقَابِلْهُ مِنْ قَبْل...؟

How is it possible to miss someone you've never met before...?

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وہ جانتے ہیں کہ ہم ترستے ہیں انہیں دیکھنے کے لئے

شاید اسی لئے وہ ہم سے اتنا انتظار کرواتے ہیں ~

Woh jaante hain k hum taraste hain unhe dekhne ke liye

Shayad isi liye woh hum se itna intezar karwate hain ~

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مَا أَجْمَلَ شَيْءٍ رَأَيْتَه عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْض؟

عَيْنَيْهِ ~

What's the most beautiful thing you've seen on the earth?

His eyes ~

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لَا يُمْكِن لِشَخْصَيْنِ أَذْكِيَاءُ أَن يَقَعَا فِي الْحُبِّ ، الَحُبُّ الْحَقِيْقِي يَحْتَاج إِلَى أَحْمَق وَاحِد ~

Two smart people cannot fall in love, true love needs one idiot ~

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لِي فِي مَحَبَّتِكُمْ شُهُوْدٌ اَرْبَعٌ وَ شُهُوْدُ كُلِّ قَضِيَّةً إثْنَانِ

خَفَقَانُ قَلْبِي، وَارْتِعَاشُ مَفَاصِلِي، وَنَحُوْلُ جِسْمِي وَانْعِقَادُ لِسَانِي

I have four witnesses to your love and the witnesses for every case are two

My heart palpitates, my joints tremble, my body turns and my tongue twitches ~

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