Long Hussain Poems

Fadwa Tuqan has been called the Grand Dame of Palestinian letters and The Poet of Palestine. These are my translations of Fadwa Tuqan poems originally written in Arabic.



Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan 
loose translation/interpretation by...

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English translations of Arabic poems by Fadwa Tuqan aka "The Poet of Palestine"

Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan 
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Enough for me to lie in the earth,
to be buried in her,
to sink...

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Thank You!...

It's Black history month, so we come to celebrate, 
all the hues of brown that made our nation great! 

From Fredrick and Harriet to Mandela, and Muhammad Ali, because of the stance they took,...

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A day comes with a
morning dew,
For the words, less
to cope all few,
The breezy wave and
tweeting eyes,
Of rising sun, view
the Himalaya highs,
The trancing
eclipses and
faltering trees,
Held me there,
caught me freeze,
And the prevailing
dusky downy haze,
To falling cascade
of ivory...

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Let’s scrape away those Palestinian Muslim Arab scums
To rightly make room for the Jews, God’s chosen ones.
In the name of God, King and Country, always to trust,
To slaughter the innocent children, too die if they...

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IRA; a strong idealogic and separatists,
At last surrender to the democratic values,
Over decades, after a long fight to achieve,
Thousand innocents blood on their name.

When a religion has a fight against a religion,
What a person can...

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I endure the pang of solitude...the sigh of a forlorn love
Time is no healer, every sand of time brings in moments
I hasten to go- halves with none but You, 
My confidant, my best soul mate
To...

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These bronze companions 
Dha-dhin-dhin-dha flows from the soul 
Through seasoned fingers 
Tete-kata-gadi-gana 
Six decades of dance in palms

Father's rhythms —
Dha-dhin-dhin-dha lives within 
Each strike and echo 
Tete-kata-gadi-gana 
Alla Rakha guides the movement of hands

Punjab flows...

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January twenty first, 2024 the above thugs burst.'
Into a shop in Wallsal town, two with axes smashing
Windows to the ground' then six of them stormed into this
Store, a multicultural vist.? I will add no more.'...

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Days went off, moments gone, time to touch, feel and see,
Here in this misty fog meet me for a cup of tea,
Where would you mull? Your heart and soul are in possession of me,
You cannot...

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Dream came true
That’s what she thought
But it was stepping into the reality
That she didn’t know

Something around her was not right
Confusing and consuming her mind
She was called crazy and lame
Yet weird vibes spinning around

One day she...

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The Hegemony 

You are not supposed to say “American” anymore it is 
a racist like saying “Chinaman” A citizen of the USA doesn’t have 
to live in the US, but it helps if he lives...

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The man when born
and die,
In ruefully and
spiritless sigh,
And in middle of his
youth, he uproar,
Again and again
loath, with roar,
In this fiery
arrogant ways he
astonish,
His vitality and
humanity of mannish,
In this mid of
couple years he
repercussion,
And made a blast of
hatred...

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Present Difficulty

No further trouble for satisfactory adjustment,
Will long over on puzzling dilemma,
Pleasure of inhaling soothing in empty soul,
Adopts such measures over  striking juncture, 
Most carefully the point of heart and mind, 
Will perceive the...

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It is remarkably insane,
To look vacantly out the pane,
With a green bottle of Bollinger champagne,
Enjoying the wobbly rain, rain, rain!

I would rather spend a day in Spain,
Or sit by the seaside in Ukraine,
An alternative of...

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With the advent of those with devious intent
To serve own greed, a heaven torn apart
A shift into darkness, perpetual, distend
A vendetta, to burn through generations, sparked

Once bound by the seal of love, of empathy
A Cultivation...

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Hold it now, its
passing by,
Silently, calmly
even by fly,
Catch it now, and
apprehend,
Time is money so
fend,
To lead a life full
of terror,
Victimization and
horror,
Even by hardship day
and night,
That endeavor mends
you right,
Catch a buzz if you
worry,
With best chums and
no hurry,
With...

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When asked a question to a student of Literature,
He made no move, stood still like a pitiful creature,
All his knowledge and intelligence faded away,
Darkness overloaded, there is no sign of any ray,

Oh, students, so full...

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A sweet secret 

Waves of depression without waste of opportunity,
Trade with season of whiff of irritation,
Worthy mentioned  whirlwind of smoke,
Animates to weight the wiles of innocence,
Tracing the bitterness with a touch of severity,
Train of...

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Seathed Conflicts

Devastatingly ignited  fire of riot for a decade, 
A bundle of clean rags of thoughts catches,
Through a baptism by flames of accidental  occurrence ,
 In a certain place causing damage and stress,
A strong...

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When first you beamed upon my sight,
A cold breeze felt in desert night,
And where could I see a fairy queen,
In a earthly heaven , did I mean

At last this day your thoughts forth came,
That made...

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For real freedom,
solace, and peace
free of cost,
Come to go there and
let get lost,

For cheerfulness,
beauty of nature and
a nymph host,
Browse at all, here
we go and let get
lost,

For chill, hill,
sill, rill, snow,
flow, grow, and to
bost, (Boston)
All I...

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Let me begin the
amorous tale of my
love story,
In seven of ages a
heartrending
pillory,

With maximum make
believe of childhood
love,
Cycling after her
with no worry,

To the taste of
truffles and muffin,
Felt her each wave
sweet to savory,

On slide following
her with peeping
eyes,
Seeking a...

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When I breathe and beat you know my nerve,
Whether am in trouble or in twisty curve,
Alpha to infinity you knows my pain,
Alas! All my endeavors yet null and vain,
Oh my Lord forgive my err and...

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Whoever has not love'd a "love" at first sight,
Will face the anguish of unrequited love with might,
His heart may wrench and cry all night, 
To know, one must surrender in love or fight.

When the lover's eye...

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