A unique feature of Darwish’s later poems (like those in The Butterfly’s Burden ) is the shift from demanding return to inhabiting absence. He realizes that the "Key" might never open the door. So he writes:
(Translated by Munir Akash and Carolyn Forché)
A unique feature of Darwish’s later poems (like those in The Butterfly’s Burden ) is the shift from demanding return to inhabiting absence. He realizes that the "Key" might never open the door. So he writes:
(Translated by Munir Akash and Carolyn Forché) mahmoud darwish poems about palestine