Quote of the Week: ‘I Wish Children Didn’t Die’

I wish children didn’t die.
I wish they would be temporarily
elevated to the skies until the war ends.

Then they would return home safe,

and when their parents would ask them:

“where were you?” they would say:

“we were playing with the stars.”

— Ghassan Kanafani

*ليت الأطفال لا يموتون*

*ليتهم يرفعون الى السماء مؤقتا*

*ريثما تنتهي الحرب*

*ثم يعودون الى بيوتهم آمنين !*

*وحين يسألهم الاهل محتارين*

*اين كنتم ؟*

*يقولون فرحين*

*”كنا نلعب مع النجوم “*

غسان كنفاني