Le poète qui ne voulait qu’une tombe au pays.
Nombreux sont les hommes qui ont honoré leur pays. Puis, sans bruit, se sont effacés dans la lumière de l’au-delà. Mais peu ont survécu dans la mémoire des générations.
Parmi eux, le poète Rachid Salim el Khoury.
Le poète du village.
Né en 1887 à Berbara, il grandit dans la lumière douce des collines libanaises.
Ses études l’emmenèrent à Beyrouth, Tripoli, Zahlé, puis Souk el Gharb.
Mais en 1913, le vent de l’exil souffla fort. Il embarqua pour le Brésil, le cœur plein d’espoir.
Marchand ambulant dans les rues de São Paulo, puis commerçant reconnu aux États-Unis, Rachid portait avec lui une flamme : celle de l’union arabe.
Le combat d’un poète.
Le poète lutta contre le colonialisme avec la force des mots. Pour ses idées, il perdit tout: la nationalité libanaise, syrienne, et le droit sacré de rentrer au pays. Akram Zuaiter le nomma « le saint de l’unité arabe ». Il déclara : « Si les nationalistes avaient un saint, le poète du village serait l’un d’eux. »
Une vie au service d’une cause.
Il ne s’acheta jamais de maison. Son souhait le plus cher : reposer en paix sur la terre natale. Il écrivit :
« Rachidiat » (1916), « Les villageois », « Les ouragans », « Trois îles », et « La littérature de l’indifférence ». De la vente de ses livres, il soutint la Palestine, fidèle à ses convictions jusqu’au dernier souffle.
Retour et désillusion.
Après 45 années d’exil, il rentra au Liban en 1958. Mais le rêve se brisa. La politique, le chaos… il ne s’y reconnaissait plus. Trois ans plus tard, il reprit le chemin du Brésil.
C’est là-bas qu’il mourut, en 1981.
L’hommage d’un village.
Aujourd’hui, le poète repose enfin à Berbara.
Sa tombe, restaurée par la mairie sous l’impulsion du jeune maire Ralph Nader, porte désormais une croix et un hilal, selon ses vœux les plus intimes.
Le 25 mai, un prêtre et un cheikh y élèveront ensemble leurs prières. Car la parole de Rachid Salim el Khoury,
transcende les croyances et les siècles.
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