Friday, June 25, 2010

Israeli helicopters unload equipment 'meant for attacking a Muslim state' at Saudi airport

Helicopters landed at a Saudi airport and unloaded equipment intended for attacking targets in a Muslim state, semi-official news agency reports.
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  1. r.s.June 25, 2010 at 4:43 PM

    <span>O you in the atoms of whose cells</span>
    <span>Feudalism hatches and nestles, </span>
    <span>Of whom the very desert is ashamed</span>
    <span>Even to call</span>
    <span>When will you understand?</span>

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  2. r.s.June 25, 2010 at 4:44 PM

    <span>Wallow</span>
    <span>O oil prince </span>
    <span>In your pleasure </span>
    <span>Like a mop</span>
    <span>Wallow in your sins </span>
    <span>Yours is the petroleum</span>
    <span>Squeeze it then</span>
    <span>At the feet of your mistresses </span>
    <span>The night-clubs of Paris </span>
    <span>Have killed your magnanimity</span>
    <span>So you sold Jerusalem</span>
    <span>Sold God </span>
    <span>Sold the ashes of your dead </span>

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  3. r.s.June 25, 2010 at 4:45 PM

    <span><span>Wallow</span>  
    <span>O oil prince </span> 
    <span>In your pleasure </span> 
    <span>Like a mop</span>  
    <span>Wallow in your sins </span> 
    <span>Yours is the petroleum</span>  
    <span>Squeeze it then</span>  
    <span>At the feet of your mistresses </span> 
    <span>The night-clubs of Paris </span> 
    <span>Have killed your magnanimity</span>  
    <span>So you sold Jerusalem</span>  
    <span>Sold God </span> 
    <span>Sold the ashes of your dead </span></span>

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  4. r.s.June 25, 2010 at 4:45 PM

    <span>As if the lances of Israel </span>
    <span>Did not abort your sisters</span>
    <span>And destroy our houses </span>
    <span>And burn our Qur’ans </span>
    <span>As if her flags were not hoisted </span>
    <span>Over the shreds of your flag </span>
    <span>As if all who were crucified </span>
    <span>On trees in Jaffa </span>
    <span>In Haifa </span>
    <span>And Beersheba </span>
    <span>Were not your kin.</span>
    <span>Jerusalem</span><span> sinks in its blood </span>
    <span>While you are </span>
    <span>A victim of your passion </span>
    <span>You sleep </span>
    <span>As if the tragedy</span>
    <span>Is not part of your tragedy </span>
    <span>When will you understand? </span>
    <span>When will the human being wake up in your soul? </span>
    <span>- Nizar Qabbani</span><span></span>

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  5. thankgodimatheistJune 25, 2010 at 5:37 PM

    What's the name of this poem in Arabic, R.S?

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  6. r.s.June 25, 2010 at 11:53 PM

    <span><span>الحب والبترول</span></span>
    <span>http://www.damascus-online.com/poems/Nizar/al7obb_wal.htm</span>

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  7. Jemmy HopeJune 26, 2010 at 7:34 AM

    Whose translation, r.s.?
    Is this the whole poem?
    What would the English language title be?

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  8. thankgodimatheistJune 26, 2010 at 4:15 PM

    It should be Love and Petrol..Thanks R.S

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  9. vzaJune 26, 2010 at 6:11 PM

    Some reports said the fleet was on its way to the Persian Gulf, presumably as part of the efforts to implement the sanctions against Iran and supervise the ships going to and from Iran.

    So that's why Iran cancelled its mission to Gaza?

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  10. r.s.June 26, 2010 at 8:39 PM

    I'm glad to do it.

    It is only the last half Jemmy but all that I have in English. I typed it years ago from a translated book of Arabic Poetry.

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