 the pain did not leave him rather it worsened. it continued to accompany him as books accompany him. he had hardly turned a page when the lines of his last days fell upon him forming the grave he loved covered in paper letters and words.
ولم يهجره الألم؛ بل تفاقم. وظل يرافقه مرافقة الكتب له. وما كاد يطوي صفحة من صفحاتها، حتى طوت سطور أيامه الأخيرة بسقوطها عليه، مشكلة قبره الذي أحب مغمورا بالورق والأحرف والكلمات.