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And the last one we'll read
is a poem that, as I say,

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was written after this
book was published,

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or after this book
went to press.

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But it's a poem that, from
the moment he wrote it,

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Taha basically handed
it to me and said,

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we will read this
wherever we go.

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And it's become a
kind of a anthem.

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And it's really had a
kind of remarkable life,

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and I think you'll see why.

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[INAUDIBLE]

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You know, I always dreamed
that people would like poetry,

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and poetry would attract people.

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Well, [INAUDIBLE]
like the people

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attracted to Coca-Cola to
be attracted to poetry.

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To poetry.

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But this evening, and the
evening in Washington,

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in [INAUDIBLE].

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Dodge poetry festival, when
we first read this poem.

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We hope that more and more
people like to hear poetry.

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Thanks for coming,
and listening.

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"Aintiqam."

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انتقام

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أحيانًا أتمنى
أن أبارز الشخص الذي قتل والدي

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هدم بيتنا
وشردني في بلاد الناس الضيقة

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فإذا قتلني أكون قد ارتحت

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وإن أجهزتُ عليه أكون قد انتقمت

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لكن
إذا تبين لي أثناء المبارزة

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أن لغريمي أُمًّا تنتظر

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أو أبًا يضع كف يمينه

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على مكان القلب من صدره
كلما تأخر ابنه ولو ربع ساعة

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عن موعد عودته

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فأنا عندها لن أقتله إذا تمكنت منه

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كذلك أنا لن أفتك به

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إذا ظهر لي أن له إخوة وأخوات يحبونه

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ويديمون يتشوقون إليه.

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أو إذا كان له زوجة ترحب به
وأطفال لا يطيقون غيابه

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ويفرحون بهداياه.

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أو إذا كان له أصدقاء أو أقارب

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جيران، معارف،
زملاء سجن، زملاء مستشفى

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رفاق مستشفى، خدناء مدرسة
يسألون عنه

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ويحرصون على تحيتهم

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أما إذا كان وحيدًا مقطوعًا من شجرة

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لا أب ولا أم، لا إخوة ولا أخوات،
لا زوجة ولا أطفال

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بدون أصدقاء ولا أقرباء ولا جيران

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من غير معارف
بلا زملاء أو رفقاء أو أخدان

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فأنا لن أضيف إلى وحدته

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لا عذاب موت
ولا أسى فناء

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بل سأكتفي بأن أغض الطرف عنه
حين أمر به في الطريق

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مقنعًا نفسي بأن الإهمال بحد ذاته

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هو أيضًا نوع من أنواع الانتقام!


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"Revenge."

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"At times, I wish I
could meet in a duel

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the man who killed my father
and razed our home, expelling me

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into a narrow country.

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And if he killed me,
I'd rest at last.

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And if I were ready, I
would take my revenge.

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But if it came to light
when my rival appeared

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that he had a mother
waiting for him,

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or a father who would put his
right hand over the heart's

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place in his chest whenever
his son was late, even by just

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a quarter hour for a
meeting they'd set,

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then I would not kill
him, even if I could.

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Likewise, I would not murder
him if it were soon made clear

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that he had a brother or sisters
who loved him and constantly

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longed to see him, or if
he had a wife to greet him,

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or children who couldn't
bear his absence,

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and whom his gifts would thrill.

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Or if he had deep friends
or companions, neighbors

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he knew, or allies from
prison, or a hospital,

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or classmates from a
school asking about him

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and sending him regards.

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But if he turned out
to be on his own,

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cut off like a
branch from a tree

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without a mother or father, with
neither a brother and a sister,

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wifeless, without a child
and without kin or neighbors

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or friends, colleagues
or companions,

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then I'd add not a thing to his
pain within that loneliness.

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Not the torment of death, and
not the sorrow of passing away.

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Instead, I'd be
content to ignore him

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when I passed him
by on the street,

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as I convinced myself
that paying him

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no attention in itself
was a kind of revenge."

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Thank you for coming.

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[INAUDIBLE]

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Thank you [? and you are
 listening intently ?]

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to my poetry.

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This makes me great
hope that life better.

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A good 10 times
better than this.

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To arrive, to see nice
people [INAUDIBLE]..

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And so what?

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That's a plug for
the book, I think.

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OK?

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Yeah.

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Yeah, OK.

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Frances, [INAUDIBLE].

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[APPLAUSE]

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[INAUDIBLE]

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than before.

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But otherwise, I
will deal with it.

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Thank you very much.

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[INAUDIBLE]

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