About the translation: as a translator of poetry myself, I know the danger, frustration and the joy in the process of catching the fire from the original and delivering it through/into another language, another culture, another sentiment. Mr. Joudah delivered with such grace and power. My salute to Mr. Joudah, as translator to translator, as poet to poet, as doctor to doctor.” – Wang Ping - See more at: http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/awards-and-poets/shortlists/2013-shortlist/fady-joudah/#sthash.hg6NWfAW.dpuf