“Palestine, When you rain Grass grows and trees foliate. The fields bloom orange and lemon. Swaying green spikes and figs and olives ripen. Flowers blossom and dance, generously creeping on the walls Vines of ivy and jasmine.” — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
“I need to climb the orange trees in Yaffa City, and let the orange branches hold me, and write poetry “كم أتمنى أن أتسلق أشجار برتقال يافا ، و سأسمح لبرتقالة تلفها رائحة حكايات جدتي وتسكنها طفولتي أن تحملني كي أكتب الشعر٠” — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
“My heart beats in your chest. My soul is a trembling sparrow in your hand. My life is a star blooming in the heart… — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
“Sounds of weeping and sobbing reverberated, deep, painful, as much as I felt it, it was heard. صوت بكائي ترددت أصداؤه بإنتحاب عميق ومؤلم ، بقدر ما أحسست به كان مسموعاً” — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
“I was writing a poem, and suddenly, I fell asleep on a page. I was dreaming of you. You were talking to me. I… — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
“How can I enucleate your roots from my heart, When you colonize my cells, inhabit my veins ,aorta, and my heart? كيف أستأصل جذورك من قلبي، وأنت تستوطن خلايا جسدي، وتسكن أوردتي ، وشراييني ، وقلبي؟” — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
“If a day passes without Your cologne sneaking between my lips To my tongue and saliva, melding with my breathe Inhibiting my lungs, mingling… — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
“The era of illiteracy is not only a historical stage before Islam, but it is the nature of Middle Eastern minds. We live ignorantly… — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
“Every time our tongues melded, your tongue glowed with shiny drops as starry, spring skies. في كل مرة تمتزج فيه شفتينا ، يتوهج لسانك بقطرات لامعة كنجوم سماء الربيع” — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
“On your lips, my smile begins and my grief ends. وعلى شفتيك تبدا ابتسامتي وتنتهي احزاني” — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
“In your eyes, I melt, like a piece of sugar. أذوب في عينيك كقطعة سكر” — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
“You left me, shuddering, in the snow storms like the frozen branches on the trees. تركتني أرتجف وحدي وسط زئير العواصف الثلجية مثل فروع الأشجار المتجمدة” — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
