Celebrating one year being traviesos! "On this Land" by Mahmoud Darwish We have on this land that which makes life worth living We have on this land all of that which makes life worth living April’s hesitation The aroma of bread at dawn A woman’s beseeching of men The writings of Aeschylus Love’s beginning Moss on a stone Mothers standing on a flute’s thread And the invader’s fear of memories We have on this land that which makes life worth living September’s end A woman leaving ‘forty’ behind with all of her apricots The hour of sunlight in prison A cloud reflecting a swarm of creatures A people’s applause for those who face their own erasure with a smile And the tyrant’s fear of songs. We have on this land all of that which makes life worth living On this land The lady of our land The mother of all beginnings And the mother of all ends She was called Palestine Her name later became Palestine My lady…. Because you are my lady I have all of that which makes life worth living.