Maniacs is one of Charbel Baini's books translated from Arabic into English with introduction by Dr. Mostapha Helwe

The History of Our Migration

 

-1- 

Your land is my bed,

Your air is my blanket,

And your worries are a cross 

That breaks my shoulders

If we rejoice in the history of our migration

Don't think we love our exile

O my homeland, displaced and barefoot

-2- 

We rejoice in the dignity of a mother 

Who embraced us.

When we cried, 

She loved our pride.

When we were cold, 

She covered us with feathers

And put us to sleep in her lap 

The warm one.

-3-

With our success, 

The first thing that congratulated us

And received our service with gratitude

Australia

The name on my lips

Our free and hospitable land.

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