We Have On This Earth What Makes Life Worth Living

We have on this earth what makes life worth living
April’s hesitation,
the aroma of bread at dawn,
a woman’s point of view about men,
the works of Aeschylus,
the beginning of love,
grass on a stone,
mothers living on a flute’s sigh and
the invaders’ fear of memories

We have on this earth what makes life worth living:
the final days of September,
a woman keeping her apricots ripe after forty,
the hour of sunlight in prison,
a cloud reflecting a swarm of creatures,
the peoples’ applause for those who face death with a smile,
a tyrant’s fear of songs.

We have on this earth what makes life worth living: on this earth,
the Lady of Earth,
mother of all beginnings and ends.
She was called Palestine.
Her name later became Palestine.
My Lady, because you are my Lady, I deserve life.

Watermelon & Cheese

This year in Jara "Flea market" I saw one of the most creative items.

Ya, nice dish. It turns out that some Watermelon lovers in Jordan decided to offer new creative ways of serving watermelon.
Nothing beats eating Batteekh "Watermelon" with Cheese in hot summer evenings.