Spring Has Sprung in Palestine
The piece reflects on traditional sayings about the countryside and describes winter rains that bring seeds to sprout, calling them a divine blessing and contrasting them with human concerns like wages.
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Away from politics and its quarrels.... I say: generations before us left us phrases and proverbial sayings about the nature of the countryside and its purity and clarity.... suitable for removing the impurities of the age from our hearts and minds.... !
After the first "rain... spring has sprouted" — meaning plants and seeds dormant in their summer dormancy season... beneath the surface of the earth... they germinate at the beginning of winter, heralding a new season of goodness... whose water makes everything alive by the command of God Almighty... Glory be to God... Winter rains are goodness and blessing... and they are not subject to interruption by the will of humans. As with the salaries of public employees in Palestine.!. They are free... without compensation... ..only... in return... that we tell one another "Wishing you well every year."
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Zuhdi Shubeitah, “Spring Has Sprung in Palestine” (English translation of «فَقَسَ الربيع في فلسطين», originally published 13 September 2022), https://www.zuhdish.co/en/articles/spring-has-sprung-in-palestine
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