{"id":83579,"date":"2026-08-20T15:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jornalrol.com.br\/?p=83579"},"modified":"2026-08-20T15:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:32:21","slug":"the-third-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jornalrol.com.br\/?p=83579","title":{"rendered":"The third counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Against the mirrors of erasure and the betrayals of history, a lyrical sanctuary where the memory of the oppressed rises from the ashes of the cross<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n



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Do not forget your face<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the mirrors of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For features, like maps<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an enemy\u2019s hand,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carry the scent of the dead\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We did not see their limbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrolling the walls in the lives of the narrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set a stone between your words and theirs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So your voice may leave a trace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revealing their hidden schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For their shadows lean upon you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stretching over the wall,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As though the dead themselves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Had watched them pace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the chambers of strangers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just to stay alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the quick wit of a sparrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caught between a hunter\u2019s fingers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the body whose very limbs <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are bewitched by it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the serpent contemplating its sin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the apple of vision,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the remnant of regret<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That bleeds along the edges of your day, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With what tomorrow inherits<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the lines of your hands,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before which tyrants’ foreheads <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have bowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find your final turning glance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their mirrors,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then return<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the hollow ringing of its defeat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the bells<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the linage’s rams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your wrists upon the cross<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May haunt them<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If they see you rise<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From among the graves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in their narratives,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your standing among them,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between the stones of counsel,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May take shape<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the stairways of paradise\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Than their betrayal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of your salt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the road to resurrection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not your voice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That speaks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So they may see your eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Descend from the cross<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To gather the scattered limbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of your shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not your voice\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only the ache<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of remembering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary waited for you alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the stories<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Told by sinners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These councels are inspired by the advice of his mother, which he wrote under the title \u201cThe Ten Counsels of Fawziya Al-Hassan<\/em>
Translated by Najwa Juma<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abdulla Issa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Facebook<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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E-meio<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Voltar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Through biblical metaphors and raw lyrical force, Abdulla Issa\u2019s poem explores identity, resistance, and memory rising against historical erasure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":83607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9285,58],"tags":[16102,18258,4849,18259,18062,18255,18257,18256],"class_list":["post-83579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literatura","category-poesias","tag-abdulla-issa","tag-cultural-identity","tag-jornal-cultural-rol","tag-literary-analysis","tag-memory","tag-palestinian-literature","tag-resistance","tag-spiritual-symbolism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t