"take me, wherever you are,
take me, however you are.
to be restored to the warmth of face and body,
to the light of heart and eye,
to the salt of bread and song,
to the taste of earth and homeland.
shelter me in the warmth of your gaze,
take me, a panel of almond wood, in the cottage of sorrows,
take me, a verse from the book of my tragedy,
take me, a plaything or a stone from the house,
so that our next generation may recall
the path of return to our home. "
—A Lover From Palestine, Mahmoud Darwish.