Nahida Izzat – I believe in Miracles
By Nahida Izzat • Dec 11th, 2008 at 16:25 • Category: Features, Israel, Music, Poetry, Events, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism
You can break my bones
My free spirit is invincible
You can cause me the loss of sight
The light of my insight
You’ll never take away
In the shadows of darkness
Lies the corpse of your might
You can destroy my house
The windows of my hope,
You cannot break
The pillars of my faith
You can never shake
You can threaten me
With weapons of death
And mass destruction
Implanting fear in my heart
You cannot achieve
Nor can you cut off
My divine connection
With a missile
You can tear my body apart
My soul however
Is out of your reach
And is forever intact
You claimed victory in six days!
Victorious are those
With a dignified gaze
Facing tanks with tender flesh
And only with stones,
The F16 fighter blaze
You can never defeat my will to be
Because my power that you cannot explain
Grows from within the roots of my pain
You depend on the United States
For wealth and war supply
My infinite strength stems from
My creator, the One most high
I can show you the way
To victory, just say:
“In the name of God
Most gracious, Most merciful
The loving, the Just
The source of peace and light”
Strip away your greed and lust
You’ll be surprised!
Enjoy the transformation
Of your soul and heart
Examine your deeds and
Put your life to the test
Can you see what wrongs you’ve sown?
Were you planting roses
Or were you planting thorns?
Listen to your heart,
The true story you shall hear
Let your soul vision be your guide
The picture will be ever so clear
A few words are all you need to say:
“Forgive me God”
And all your sins will be washed away
“I’m sorry Palestine”
For all the pain I caused you
“I’m sorry children of Palestine
For being so cruel
Digging your graves
I’m not your superior
You are not my slaves”
Heaven will be yours
And on Earth will be peace
When you begin to care
In my heart you’ll find a place
And my land we can share
I believe in miracles
And that day I shall see
Because God is only just
God is only fair
Nahida Izzat is a Jerusalem born - Palestinian refugee living in exile for over 40 years. She was forced to leave her homeland, Palestine, at the age of seven during the six-day war. Nahida is mathematician by profession, a mother of 3 children by career, an artist by hobby, and a returned-refugee to a free Palestine by optimism, hopes and anticipation.
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