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I left my country in an hour of despair
Even now, my tears witness
That my return would have been possible
If it weren't for that flood
Hidden in human hatred
Like a boat adrift in the wild sea
-2-
For which I was consumed by love
And jealous of even the breeze
Burned at the hands of its own people
Burned...
What good are words now?!
And these young men who were raised
To lead the nation
They betrayed the homeland
And hid behind a religion that is not loved
Except that which unites hearts
And they started talking about division
Setting up boundaries between people.
Meaning, our brother-in-law Mahmoud
The one we consider our dearest beloved
He must divorce and leave
Mariana. My cousin!
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And their only son, Isam,
Half Christian
Half Muslim
What do you want... blindly?
A fair division
So that we may please his father
Or so that we do not upset his mother?!
-4-
And we, who left years ago,
And in our hearts, the longing still burns
Night and day
We will not go along with a decision
That will stain our hands with shame
And burn the religion of the expatriates!
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