VERSE | FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA

The blue has vanished from your skies
The golden gleam from your eyes
Snatched away, so many times
So many times, it found its way
Back into your lion hearts
Through shining windows of your souls
Now gaping holes pockmark your homes
That still stand
In the ruins of your beautiful land
Once again it’s raining shells
Mixing in
With the silver salt of your tears again
Washing, washing sins on sins
They keep hounding, pounding down
You keep cleansing, renewing again
With tender streams that gush forth
Washing, washing, washing sins
The world has watched for so long
As you have sung your ardent songs
Of peace and freedom, just those
Worn your sorrow, brave and strong
While the world has sat secure
In the boundaries etched and drawn
Liberty-guarded, Flag-adorned
While you lie shrouded in the dust
Of rockets plunged into your hearths
Hearts bleeding, torn apart
The world is watching yet again
Your pain, your pain, your searing pain
Has seeped into our prickling skin
From all the rivers to every sea
We see you now Palestine
Each woman and each man
Standing tall unto the end
We keen with you Palestine
For every child that has died
Blown to bits or buried alive
We scream with you Palestine
Our voices ring across the earth
For every tear that you have shed
For every drop that you have bled
A million hearts now hold your grief
A million more march on and on
In every city, every town
We roar with you Palestine
From the river to the sea
You will prevail, you will be free.

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