Democratic Palestine : 12 (ص 28)
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- Democratic Palestine : 12 (ص 28)
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Father, come, tell me, speak,
What is this country I'm fighting for?
What hill or warm valley knew you
And, loving it, remember still?
On what lands did your bare feet walk?
What is this city Jerusalem?
This village Tarsheha?'
Of what substance is your blood: ?
Is mine the same?
Father do your shrouded memories fade?
Are you telling me of the Eastern sun
That touched you on Jordan's shore?
Or was it in Lebanon that the night wind
Tore at you and made you sway?
Whose pious hand father, come, tell me
bore you to these remote and foreign lands?
‘ Tarsheha: a smail village in North Palestine.
? Masada: In ancient days, this mountain was attacked and surrounded by enemies. The pe
Father wait! Speak to me!
Your words stir something deep in my heart.
They are my mirror, and in them
/ see our country, father!
My feet may walk on alien soil,
but in my dreams, | live in Palestine,
My soul resides there,
_ My body fights for our country, father.
Father, come, tell me, speak,
What is this country called Israel?
| see Mount Masada?
! am standing upon it,
!am standing there with my people father
And we will stand there until victory!
Miss Marianne Clark
British ELF Teacher in China
ple on the mountain resisted and kept the enemy at bay. After the food
supply to the fortress was cut, ee resistance was weakened and eventually overpowered. instead cos ieee rere, the people commitied mass
suicide before the enemy forces actually entered the fortress.
MI Rta B OY MPN LD LP ORT ESTO OPES - هو جزء من
- Democratic Palestine : 12
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- نوفمبر ١٩٨٥
- المنشئ
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
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