One Day!!

Arabic

 الجزيرة

Articles

Cartoons

Casualties

Commentaries

Documents

Editorials

Essays 

Islam

Letters

Media Watch

Mission 

News 

Photos

Poetry

Women in news

 

By Manal Ramadan

July 26, 2002

 

I wake up in the middle of the night

And wipe the sweat off my face

As I look around I realize

That this is not my place.

My place is in Palestine

That痴 were I must be

I can稚 just watch more of my people die

In order to be free.

I must be there with them

To regain the land that is ours

To stand and face my enemies

And never to show them our scars

The scar that they made cannot be seen

For it is a scar inside

A scar that hurts so much

But that we must try to hide.

The memories cannot leave my mind

Their faces, their tears

I can稚 escape their calls

Nor their anger nor their fears.

I wish I could take away all your nightmares

Your aggravation, and distress

I wish I could give you back your home,

Bring you back your happiness.

I hear your cries, and I feel your pain,

I promise you my people

Your lives will go back the same.

I値l give you back your brother

Who was taking away from you

I値l make everything better little one

I値l promise, this is what I値l do.

I値l bring back your mommy

From her resting place

I値l do anything for you

Just to see a smile on your face.

To not see you cry anymore

To make your wish come true

To have you laugh again

Oh Allah, their lives are with you!

Give them hope, and peace

Never make them lose their pride

Always stay with them

Stick by their side.

One day all this will be gone

All this will soon end

And once and for all we値l have our justice

We値l live in peace again!

For now we shall keep our conceit up

And always stick together

And fight for the land

That we will love forever!!

I lay my head back down on my pillow

As the thought of Palestine comes back to mind

"Soon" I said to myself

"We値l have our peace that we致e been wishing to find"