I now have a rifle
take me to Palestine with you
to the sad hills, like the face of the Magdalene
to the green domes.. and the brown stones
for twenty years I've been,
looking for a land and an identity,
looking for my home that is there,
for my homeland that is surrounded by wires
looking for my childhood,
and for the friends of my neighborhood,
for my books.. for my pictures..
for every warm corner.. and for every vas..
I now have a rifle
take my to Palestine with you.. with you
oh men..
I want to live or die like men
I want.. to grow in its soil
like an olive tree, or like a field of orange trees..
or like a scentsy flower
say.. say to the one who is asking about my case,
my rifle.. became the case..
I now have a rifle..
I became a revolutionary
I sleep on thorns and dust
and I wear death..
what fates want doesn't hold me back
I am the one who changed fates
oh revolutionaries
in Jerusalem, in Hebron,
in Beit She'an, in Jordan Valley..
in Bethlehem, oh free people, where you used to be
go ahead.. go ahead... go ahead.. go ahead..
to Palestine
because the story of peace is a play..
and justice is a play..
there is only one way to Palestine
and it is to pass through the nozzle of a rifle
▶ Lyrics: Nizar Qabbani كلمات: نزار قبانى
▶ Composition: Mohamed Abd El Wahab الحان : محمد عبد الوهاب
▶ Music Arrangement: Mohamed Abd El Wahab الموزع الموسيقى : محمد عبد الوهاب