Inside a Lebanese conscious
Oumi mishan alla, sawili wara’ 3inab
Mishta’ la akel immi
Ra7 sawwilak eish baddak,
7ate7kili 3ala ramallah
bass kirmal el awadem
shou baddik halla’ biliblad
trikina bihammna
baddi a3rif shou natirni
baddi a3rif kill shi sar
into lfalastiniyye heik
bitfakkro jiri7kon akbar minjiri7na
mabta3rfo innolli sabkon sabna
we ra7 ysibna ba3ed
we ba3ed khamsesneen
keefek ya sitna?
alla ysabbirna
Keefak inta?
Shifit illtillak mara7nerta7
Halla’ 7keeli 3aramallah
3e deir yassine
We jennin we nablus
7keeli 3ala ghaza wel deffa
7keeli we ana b’illak
b’illak 3an lekhyem
b’illak 3ala sabra we shetila
lghaziye we qana welshiye7
we 3ala sour we saida
bint jbeil we eldayhe
ma ahre ahrak
we jir7i jir7ak
we wlede wledak
we atelna wa7ad
elli we b'ellak...
(Nizar Kabbani, Atfal l7ijara)
3 comments:
ya 3aini 3a nizar
nice post wli
laila 3am dawwer 3a aseede la mohammad ali shamseddine, he's a known poet friend of my mom,
the poem is called zainab, it's about the war in 78, do you have any of his books?
no
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