Poetry. Translated from the Arabic by Omnia Amin and Rick London. NOW, AS YOU AWAKEN contains selected translations from Darwish's most recent book, Don't Apologize for What You've Done, published by El-Rayyes Books, Beirut, 2004. Darwish is the author of more than twenty books of poetry and is the most celebrated Palestinian poet writing today. Born in 1942 in Palestine, he has lived in Beirut, Cairo, Moscow, and Amman, and currently resides in Ramallah. Darwish's THE BUTTERFLY'S BURDEN is also available from SPD.