️Misery

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A tear trembled on her cheek

Soaked in the veil of her misery

If only she knew the world better

She, like a rose in the prime of her youth

She cried out to death to take her

And to the winds to carry her

To save her from life’s tragedies

And open life’s doors to her

If only she knew the world better

She, like a rose in the prime of her youth

A rose wandering in the fields of her kindness

She is youth lost in her dreams

If only she knew the world better

She, like a rose in the prime of her youth

Her only sin is her kind heart and her sufficiency

If only she knew the world better

She, like a rose in the prime of her youth

First poem written in 1983. Poetry by Nrdaa Al-Durubi

My inner strength

From rock my stories unfolded

And from resolve my gifts overflowed

And with wheat I wove my smiles

That truth is born in my courtyards

And the olive branch is the fence of my life

And peace is planted in my moments

Thus I learned, driven by my humanity

To expel the monsters who

Destroyed my life

And to eradicate the coming evil

So, winds of the earth, blow

And dispel my confusion with love

And rid me of the evil

That killed my hopes

Shall I remain dwelling in my sorrow

Or shall I wipe the hypocrites from my soil?

I am that loyal one, wearied by my cries

In the shadow of a justice turned upside down by my hours

Oh… How many battles I fought

To see the coming dawn

And my words are no longer of any use