Noor
Noor is a student in English Literature and Translation who is passionate about writing. She aims to use her craft to share the voice of Gaza with the world.
If only you had held me, and we had crumbled together, and risen side by side into the sky.
I left you too quickly, without saying goodbye, without touching your stones, without embracing your walls
I left you alone, empty of me
My fear,
the trembling of my hands, my tears, my hoarse cry
Is that enough to excuse me?
I wonder about your first night,
without me
Did loneliness make you cry?
I know nothing of you, yet a waterfall of tears burst from my eyes
that night
Do you know?
I was not far from you
The sounds of explosions
circled around you
and with every falling missile,
I prayed you would stand tall
They pulled me away from you as we had never been apart
I am in the South, bound by checkpoints, choked by the air
Why didn't you call me?
Why didn't you stop me from leaving?
If only you had held me, and we had crumbled together, and risen side by side into the sky.
غادرتك سريعًا،
لم أقل لك وداعًا،
لم ألمس أحجارك،
لم أعانق جدرانك
تركتك وحيدا
خالٍ مني
خوفي
رعشة يداي
دموعي وصراخي المبحوح
هل كان كافيا لتعذرني؟
أتساءل عن ليلتك الأولى
بدوني هل بكيت من الوحدة؟
لا أدري عنك
لكن شلال من الدموع انفجر من عيني تلك الليلة
أتدري؟
لم أكن بعيدة عنك
كانت أصوات الانفجارات تدور من حولك
ومع كل صاروخ يسقط
كنت أدعو أن تبقى شامخا
أبعدوني عنك
كما لم نبتعد يوما، أنا في الجنوب
تقيدني الحواجز
ويخنقني الهواء
لماذا لم تنادني؟
لم لم تمنعني من الرحيل؟
يا ليتك عانقتني
وانهرنا سويا،
وصعدنا جنبا إلى جنب إلى السماء.