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To you I pledge my love
My poverty, my misery, and my debt
My failures and frustrations with my meager salary
To you I pledge my humiliation.
My head hung low and my eyes avoiding those of my children
For whom I can't provide
To you I pledge my heart!

Walid Taha, A Bit of Air
Translated from Egyptian Arabic by Anita Husen


لك حبي
وفقري وبهدلتي وأقساطي
وانحطاطي وإحباطي من مرتبي
اللي مش كافي وذلي
ودلدلة كتافي
وعيني المكسورة أدام ولادي
من قصر الأيادي
!وفؤادي

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