Monday, 5 January 2009

river of tears

tak terungkap rasa di hati..
benci..geram..marah..sedih..hiba..dan pilu menusuk kalbu
melihat kezaliman dan kekejaman Israel ke atas saudara2ku di Palestine
saudara2ku itu dibunuh tanpa belas
ya Allah..apa dayaku..apa harus kulakukan ..
ya Allah bantulah hambaMu yang tidak berdosa itu..kasihanilah mereka..

Down by the river of tears
she the mother kneeled
and grasped the dirt between her hands
Then planted a flag of peace
Her heart wrenched with fear
when remembering her indelible dreams

She the mother grasped
Frantically her last child

...Rocks... gunfire...bloodshed
Tombs filled with children...

She looked up to the sky
and wished to be with her children

...Then remembering her last child
Gazed desperately into the Horizon
and shouted a piercing sentence

Stop killing our children
stop killing our children

(by Laila Yaghi)

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