[Saed] A beautiful poet died.

grayscale photo of man sitting on armchair

By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, December 13, 2025

A beautiful poet died.

A friend wrote:
Ramallah will sleep alone tonight.

I replied:
And so has Gaza been for two years now…
For a different reason of its own.

Another friend wrote a beautiful elegy
For the beautiful poet.
He read it to me
Then he hid it in his box of unnecessary things.
I asked: Why…?

He said:
I am ashamed
Of those who see natural death
As a gentle fate
For the fortunate.

مات شاعرٌ جميل.
فكتب صديقٌ:
ستنام رام الله وحيدةً هذه الليلة.
فقلتُ:
وهكذا تنام غزة منذ عامين…
ولكن لسببٍ آخر يخصّها.

صديقٌ آخر كتب مرثيةً جميلةً
عن الشاعر الجميل.
قرأها لي،
ثم أخفاها في صندوق أشيائه غير الضرورية.

فسألتُه: لِمَ…؟
قال:
أخجلُ
ممن يرون الموت الطبيعي
قدرًا ناعمًا
يناله المحظوظون.

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