If the canary doesn't sing (Darwish)

If the canary doesn't sing
to you, my friend...know that
you are the warden of your prison,
if the canary doesn't sing to you.

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If the canary doesn't sing,
my friend,
blame only yourself.
If the canary doesn't sing
to you, my friend
then sing to it...sing to it.

Mahmoud Darwish, "Exile"