Captioned Poetry

ICE MUST have a warrant to search/enter any property. they will lie and manipulate you to allow them on the premises but if they arent holding a valid document in their hands they cannot legally do anything

They may say something like "our warrant is in the truck," tough shit, have them bring it to you, DO NOT FOLLOW THEM ANYWHERE. Do not leave your property if confronted.

If you are taken, say nothing until a lawyer is present. The exception is if there are bystanders present/filming, then you should shout your name and whats happening

If you are witnessing a raid in your community, wait to warn others via phone as the cops may be monitoring nearby communications and may use that to select their next targets. Warn by code or word of mouth

Alt-text included.

09/03/21 • poem made from the handout for a lecture on the fragmentary historical sources and missing tomb of alexander the great

“(Pause.) history is a vat of honey, gold coalescing over the tombs of kings. while exploring This otherwise-impossible space, you may encounter the body. (Pause.) it died in Babylon

in June 323 BCE, and was buried in a tomb of narrative possibilities. every historian reinters it. (Pause.) there is reason to believe that the body deteriorated. in the sarcophagus where time

is embalmed, a pseudo-body took shape, unlikely to have incorporated the self. (Pause.) uncertainty opens up the tomb, but the body lies still—history made tactile and called Alexander. And now?

what fragments of him surviving can be glimpsed, when someone asks (Pause.) whose body is this”

Someone will probably love you for who you are, not just for who you labor to be. Maybe you're lost in your skin today. Maybe you're burning and wish you could tear it all off. Please don't. You are variously a marvel, an athlete, a wilderness, a source of warmth and a way to learn from fear.

When you have claws, your claws are yours, your ears bristle and are yours; your irises are citrine, pure, and yours. They let you see through smog and pine thickets and into the future, where you need no chains to feel secure, and someone will probably love you for who you are:

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on twitter, a viral thread started where people around the world shared their translations of “If I must die”, the last work of Dr Refaat Alareer also known as "the voice of Gaza". A beloved poet, teacher and life-long activist for Palestine, he was recently assassinated along with members of his extended family by a targeted Israeli air strike. His loss leaves a hole in the heart of palestinians all over the world.

Below the cut, I’ll be posting the translations of his poem, with links to the original posts. Unfortunately, tumblr limits posts to a maximum of 30 images. I will update when I can.

Image: Blue background with a white kite flying through it and white Chinese text.

如果我要死

如果我要死 你就要生 去講我嘅故事 然後,買一塊布 同一條繩 (要白色嘅,拖住一條長尾巴) 又有個細路,係加沙唔知咩地方 當佢眼望天空 等待佢已經在火焰中走得好遠嘅爸 --嗰個未有告別嘅爸爸 呢個時候,佢就可以睇見紙飄--你同我做嘅 紙飄 係天上飛 剎那間,佢仲以為係天使 將愛帶俾佢 如果我要死 咁,就由紙飄帶翻希望俾佢 等紙飄變成一個故事

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Translation by 小青蛙 (link).

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OP image: Twitter user blkp🔻 (@ blkpaws) tweeted, "Came across Dr. Refaat Alareer's poem "If I must die" just a few days ago, I cried and couldn't help but translated it to Chinese without his permission. Now that he's gone." Attached are images of the poem in English and in Chinese. Those are also the next two images in OP's post.

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on twitter, a viral thread started where people around the world shared their translations of “If I must die”, the last work of Dr Refaat Alareer also known as "the voice of Gaza". A beloved poet, teacher and life-long activist for Palestine, he was recently assassinated along with members of his extended family by a targeted Israeli air strike. His loss leaves a hole in the heart of palestinians all over the world.

Below the cut, I’ll be posting the translations of his poem, with links to the original posts. Unfortunately, tumblr limits posts to a maximum of 30 images. I will update when I can.

Wenn ich sterben muss - Refaat Alareer

Wenn ich sterben muss musst du leben um meine Geschichte zu erzählen um mein Hab und Gut zu verkaufen um ein Stück Stoff zu besorgen und ein paar Schnüre (lass ess weiß sein und mit einem langen Schweif) so dass ein Kind, irgendwo in Gaza während es dem Paradies ins Auge sieht wartend auf seinen Vater, der wie ein Blitz verschwand- und von niemandem Abschied genommen hat nicht einmal con seinem Leib nicht einmal von sich selbst- den Drachen sieht, meinen Drachen, den du gemacht hast, wie er oben fliegt, und für einen Augenblick denkt, das ein Engel da ist, der die Liebe zurückbringt. Wenn ich sterben muss, lass ess Hoffnung bringen, less es eine Legende sein.

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OP images: Twitter user blkp🔻 (@ blkpaws) tweeted, "Came across Dr. Refaat Alareer's poem "If I must die" just a few days ago, I cried and couldn't help but translated it to Chinese without his permission. Now that he's gone." Attached are images of the poem in English and in Chinese. Those are also the next two images in OP's post.

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on twitter, a viral thread started where people around the world shared their translations of “If I must die”, the last work of Dr Refaat Alareer also known as "the voice of Gaza". A beloved poet, teacher and life-long activist for Palestine, he was recently assassinated along with members of his extended family by a targeted Israeli air strike. His loss leaves a hole in the heart of palestinians all over the world.

Below the cut, I’ll be posting the translations of his poem, with links to the original posts. Unfortunately, tumblr limits posts to a maximum of 30 images. I will update when I can.

als ik moet sterven moet jij blijven leven om mijn verhaal te vertellen om mijn spullen te verkopen om een stuk stof en wat touwtjes te kopen (zorg ervoor dat ze wit en lang zijn) zodat een kind, ergens in Gaza, terwijl hij de hemel in de ogen kijkt, wacht hij op zijn vader die in een vuurzee vertrok – en van niemand afscheid nam zelfs niet van zijn eigen vlees zelfs niet van zichzelf – ziet hij de vlieger, mijn vlieger die jij hebt gemaakt, boven vliegen en voor een moment denkt jih dat er een engel is die de liefde terugbrengt als ik moet sterven laat het hoop brengen laat het een verhaal zijn

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OP image: Twitter user blkp🔻 (@ blkpaws) tweeted, "Came across Dr. Refaat Alareer's poem "If I must die" just a few days ago, I cried and couldn't help but translated it to Chinese without his permission. Now that he's gone." Attached are images of the poem in English and in Chinese. Those are also the next two images in OP's post.

Tweet sent at 1:44 PM on 8/12/2023 with 2.4M views, 10K reposts, 1.6K quotes, 21K likes, and 3.3K bookmarks.

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on twitter, a viral thread started where people around the world shared their translations of “If I must die”, the last work of Dr Refaat Alareer also known as "the voice of Gaza". A beloved poet, teacher and life-long activist for Palestine, he was recently assassinated along with members of his extended family by a targeted Israeli air strike. His loss leaves a hole in the heart of palestinians all over the world.

Below the cut, I’ll be posting the translations of his poem, with links to the original posts. Unfortunately, tumblr limits posts to a maximum of 30 images. I will update when I can.

Gaelige:

Má tá orm bás a fháil Caithfidh tú maireachtáil Chun mo scéal a insint Chin mo shealúchais a dhíol Chun píosa éadach a cheannach Agus roinnt sreangáin (déan cinnte go bhfuil sé bán le heireaball fada) lonas go bhfeiceann páiste, áit éigin i nGaza Agus é aghaidh ar aghaidh leis an spéir Cé go bhfuil sé ag fanacht lena athair, a d’fhág sé ar lasadh - Gan slán a fhágáil le héinne Ní fiú leis a mhuintir féin Ní fiú leis féin — An eitleog, m’eitleog a chruthaigh tú Ag eitilt aníos In airde Agus go gcreideann sé ar feadh nóiméad go bhfuil aingeal ann Ag tabhairt ar ais an grá Má tá orm bás a fháil Go dtabharfaidh sé dóchas Bíodh sé ina scéal

The original last line, as shown in the image, is “Lig scéal a bheith ann.” On Twitter, the translator has later changed the last line to “Bíodh sé ina scéal,” as written here.

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OP image: Twitter user blkp🔻 (@ blkpaws) tweeted, "Came across Dr. Refaat Alareer's poem "If I must die" just a few days ago, I cried and couldn't help but translated it to Chinese without his permission. Now that he's gone." Attached are images of the poem in English and in Chinese. Those are also the next two images in OP's post.

Tweet sent at 1:44 PM on 8/12/2023 with 2.4M views, 10K reposts, 1.6K quotes, 21K likes, and 3.3K bookmarks.

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on twitter, a viral thread started where people around the world shared their translations of “If I must die”, the last work of Dr Refaat Alareer also known as "the voice of Gaza". A beloved poet, teacher and life-long activist for Palestine, he was recently assassinated along with members of his extended family by a targeted Israeli air strike. His loss leaves a hole in the heart of palestinians all over the world.

Below the cut, I’ll be posting the translations of his poem, with links to the original posts. Unfortunately, tumblr limits posts to a maximum of 30 images. I will update when I can.

如果我必须死 Refaat Alareer

如果我必须死 那你一定要活着 去讲我的故事 也卖我留下的物什 然后，买一块布 和一些绳子 （要白色的，拖着一条长尾巴） 这样有个小孩，在加沙的什么地方 当他眼睛望着天空 等待他已经在火焰中远走的爸爸- 那不曾告别的爸爸时 他会看见这个风筝，你替我做的这个风筝， 在天上飞 那一刻，他会以为有个天使 把爱带回 如果我必须死 那让它带回希望 让它变成一个故事

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OP images: Twitter user blkp🔻 (@ blkpaws) tweeted, "Came across Dr. Refaat Alareer's poem "If I must die" just a few days ago, I cried and couldn't help but translated it to Chinese without his permission. Now that he's gone." Attached are images of the poem in English and in Chinese. Those are also the next two images in OP's post.

Tweet sent at 1:44 PM on 8/12/2023 with 2.4M views, 10K reposts, 1.6K quotes, 21K likes, and 3.3K bookmarks.

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on twitter, a viral thread started where people around the world shared their translations of “If I must die”, the last work of Dr Refaat Alareer also known as "the voice of Gaza". A beloved poet, teacher and life-long activist for Palestine, he was recently assassinated along with members of his extended family by a targeted Israeli air strike. His loss leaves a hole in the heart of palestinians all over the world.

Below the cut, I’ll be posting the translations of his poem, with links to the original posts. Unfortunately, tumblr limits posts to a maximum of 30 images. I will update when I can.

Si mi deber es morir El tuyo es vivir para contar mi historia para vender mis pertenencias para comprar un retazo de tala y algunos hilos (que sean blancos y de larga cola) así un infante, en algún lugar de Gaza mientras mira al cielo a los ojos a la espera de su padre que se fue en un destello— y sin decir adiós ni siquiera a su carne ni siquiera a sí mismo— vea el papaloe, la cometa que hiciste para mí, surcando y piense por un instante que un ángel está ahí

trayendo el amor de regreso Si mi deber es morir Deja que traiga yo esperanza Deja que sea una leyenda

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OP image: Twitter user blkp🔻 (@ blkpaws) tweeted, "Came across Dr. Refaat Alareer's poem "If I must die" just a few days ago, I cried and couldn't help but translated it to Chinese without his permission. Now that he's gone." Attached are images of the poem in English and in Chinese. Those are also the next two images in OP's post.

Tweet sent at 1:44 PM on 8/12/2023 with 2.4M views, 10K reposts, 1.6K quotes, 21K likes, and 3.3K bookmarks.

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on twitter, a viral thread started where people around the world shared their translations of “If I must die”, the last work of Dr Refaat Alareer also known as "the voice of Gaza". A beloved poet, teacher and life-long activist for Palestine, he was recently assassinated along with members of his extended family by a targeted Israeli air strike. His loss leaves a hole in the heart of palestinians all over the world.

Below the cut, I’ll be posting the translations of his poem, with links to the original posts. Unfortunately, tumblr limits posts to a maximum of 30 images. I will update when I can.

Michif:

Kiishpin niiya sa praan nipo Kiiya sa praan pimatishiw wiihta niiya kaayaash ka achmoohk ataawaakay niiya nafayrs ataway aen morsoo li tapii'd taab miina aatiht enn kord ooshtaa anima blaan avik aen kinwow ooshooy kiiyaam aykwaanima aen pchi taafaan, naandow didaan Gaza maykwaat kaanawapahta li syel lii zyeu payhoo wiiya paapaa awayna nakatikashoo didaan shishkitew miina wiihtamoowew namoo awiiyuk miina kawapatimin namoo wiiya ahpoo ishi wiiya la shayr namoo wiiya ahpoo ishi wiiya ikoo na waapahten aen papiyoon, niiya papiyoon kiiya ooshihtow, pimihaayenn shpimihk ishpimihk miinah itayhta poor aen achiyow aen naazh aakoota payta li doo shakihi Kiishpin niiya sa praan nipo kiiyaam anima payta pakoshayihmoohk kiiyam poonihta aen atayoohkana

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OP image: Twitter user blkp🔻 (@ blkpaws) tweeted, "Came across Dr. Refaat Alareer's poem "If I must die" just a few days ago, I cried and couldn't help but translated it to Chinese without his permission. Now that he's gone." Attached are images of the poem in English and in Chinese. Those are also the next two images in OP's post.

Tweet sent at 1:44 PM on 8/12/2023 with 2.4M views, 10K reposts, 1.6K quotes, 21K likes, and 3.3K bookmarks.

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on twitter, a viral thread started where people around the world shared their translations of “If I must die”, the last work of Dr Refaat Alareer also known as "the voice of Gaza". A beloved poet, teacher and life-long activist for Palestine, he was recently assassinated along with members of his extended family by a targeted Israeli air strike. His loss leaves a hole in the heart of palestinians all over the world.

Below the cut, I’ll be posting the translations of his poem, with links to the original posts. Unfortunately, tumblr limits posts to a maximum of 30 images. I will update when I can.

je te demande de vivre

de raconter mon histoire

de vendre mes affaires

pour acheter un carré de tissu

et quelques ficelles,

(fais-le blanc avec une longue queue)

pour qu'un enfant, quelque part à Gaza

qui regarde le paradis dans les yeux

en attendant son père parti en flammes -

sans dire adieu à personne

pas même à sa chair

pas même à lui-même -

voie le cerf-volant, le mien que tu as fait, planant dans les cieux

et pense un instant qu'un ange s'y trouve

pour ramener l'amour

Si je dois mourir

faites que cela redonne espoir

Tweet sent at 1:44 PM on 8/12/2023, with 2.4M views, 10K reposts, 1.6K quotes, 21K likes, and 3.3K bookmarks.

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on twitter, a viral thread started where people around the world shared their translations of “If I must die”, the last work of Dr Refaat Alareer also known as "the voice of Gaza". A beloved poet, teacher and life-long activist for Palestine, he was recently assassinated along with members of his extended family by a targeted Israeli air strike. His loss leaves a hole in the heart of palestinians all over the world.

Below the cut, I’ll be posting the translations of his poem, with links to the original posts. Unfortunately, tumblr limits posts to a maximum of 30 images. I will update when I can.

If I must die Refaat Alareer

If I must die, you must live to tell my story to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings, (make it white with a long tail) so that a child, somewhere in Gaza while looking heaven in the eye awaiting his dad who left in a blaze— and bit no one farewell not even to his flesh not even to himself— sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above and thinks for a moment an angel is there bringing back love If I must die let it bring hope let it be a tale

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OP image: Twitter user blkp🔻 (@ blkpaws) tweeted, "Came across Dr. Refaat Alareer's poem "If I must die" just a few days ago, I cried and couldn't help but translated it to Chinese without his permission. Now that he's gone." Attached are images of the poem in English and in Chinese. Those are also the next two images in OP's post.

Tweet sent at 1:44 PM on 8/12/2023 with 2.4M views, 10K reposts, 1.6K quotes, 21K likes, and 3.3K bookmarks.

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on twitter, a viral thread started where people around the world shared their translations of “If I must die”, the last work of Dr Refaat Alareer also known as "the voice of Gaza". A beloved poet, teacher and life-long activist for Palestine, he was recently assassinated along with members of his extended family by a targeted Israeli air strike. His loss leaves a hole in the heart of palestinians all over the world.

Below the cut, I’ll be posting the translations of his poem, with links to the original posts. Unfortunately, tumblr limits posts to a maximum of 30 images. I will update when I can.

I will pop these translations out into plain text one at a time. Each post will be tagged with the language used in it.

A list of plain text transcriptions available will be linked below:

English

Español (Spanish)

Français (French)

普通话 (Mandarin - Chinese)*

Michif

Queued:

广东话 (Cantonese - Chinese)

Deutsch (German)

Gaelige (Irish)

Nederlands (Dutch)

If anyone would like to help with the translations that use alphabets other than the Latin alphabet, please feel free to get in touch. If anyone in the reblogs adds an image description in a language that this blog doesn't have yet, I'll reblog it here.

I cannot come up with something sufficient to say about how I feel seeing this poem and these translations. But I'm moved. I believe that these translations matter. I believe Dr. Refaat Alareer's words, voice, and work matter.

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OP's images: Twitter user blkp🔻 (@ blkpaws) tweeted, "Came across Dr. Refaat Alareer's poem "If I must die" just a few days ago, I cried and couldn't help but translated it to Chinese without his permission. Now that he's gone." Attached are images of the poem in English and in Mandarin. Those are also the following two images in OP's post.

Tweet sent at 1:44 PM on 8/12/2023, with 2.4M views, 10K reposts, 1.6K quotes, 21K likes, and 3.3K bookmarks.

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