ولسوفَ نحيا باليقينْ

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How could a grieving heart rejoice in a Feast?
What sweets can bring happiness to our children at a time dominated by slaughters, burnings and lockups?
With what dream shall we restore the innocence in a homeland known as God’s heaven on earth?
What waters will quench our thirst…
when the pure spring has dried out and its water turned sour to the drinkers?
With what love can we embrace the tranquil days by burying the hatred that now was ignited by the trashy mob, snatched peace out of the heartbeats, and ignited with hatred the embrace of spring and its spirit.. and every season of the children’s songs?
With what words do we write poetry that flows with beauty and passion…when death is storming the lands with its reckless winds that uproots peace, riding its demented horse reeking havoc at will in every direction in every hour of every day unabated?
With what spirit can we listen to the obituary of a nation’s dignity, a nation that I once adored? A nation that I would rove, in rapture, enamoured by its aspects of pride; immersed in poetry every now and again?
Never once have I stood silent when calamities struck or befallen it and blood poured on its soil…
Never have I committed shameful foolishness towards it
So, why did it today fall into disgrace…
Who is behind the humiliation of a nation that once was the noblest in the world?
Has it been stunted, has it been dwarfed?
Or has its head, which once was a shining beacon, been kicked and battered?
What do I care if it was stunted or kicked or battered when the children on the land of peace are slaughtered like lambs, and the people all over the world have been struck by silence?
What anguish should matter to us more than the slaughter of our young and old and the violation of our honour, when the eyes of the world are closed shut and their hearts are distracted away from our misery?
What harm befalls the sunlight when a cloud passes by?
The light of the truth will never fade even when ceaseless passing clouds fill the sky
Everything comes to an end; this is the undeniable truth
I will continue to scream without fear.
Despite the slaughters, we shall never be despised.
The dignity of our people will always remain above what they planned for us, and will never yield to the pains of the years
We shall live by faith
We shall persevere by faith
And we shall overcome the anguish
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