The Earth

The earth belongs to the one who walks on its shoulders,
Embracing his solitude,
Feeding its fertile mouth,
And drawing upon its face a garden,
Within his palms dwells trees,
thate are all the languages ​​of the world.
The earth belongs to the one who sits in the shade,
Devining that the palm tree is adorned with the robe of a prophet,
And to the one who goes out at dawn,
Searching for a star that fled yesterday evening,
From a twilight that wronged him without a care.
The earth is a song,
That only overflows with birds at the shrine of a martyr,
Who left the tent to drink from the water of the battle,
When he sensed a wind carrying Tatars
In it are the traits of the stone standing in the heat,
The desert's lote tree accustomed to fearing it.
I say to you:
The earth is ours,
And so it has always been,
Not for anyone else.

Sorrowhead (ex Cheval)
3 june 2026 at 18:57

Somehow reminds me of Khali Gibran, in the sence of metaphysics. Somehow I love East for what is lost in West. Deep respect for all couraged (cour - french or latin - heart).

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Mustapha Maaroufi
4 june 2026 at 15:24

Thank you Sorrowhead (ex Cheval) so much for your kind reply. I first encountered the works of the Lebanese writer in Arabic when I was a young child. I admired Khalil Gibran's writings and I still admire it to this day. I have read Gibran's books, such as: *A Tear and a Smile* *The Prophet* and others. Thank you again.

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