Tomares Checkpoint

Palestine-Tomares. International Summer Camp. Birzeit University.

Music: DAM- Mali Huriye (I Don't Have Freedom)

Written by: Tamer Nafar, Suhell Nafar, Mahmood Jreri, Ori Shochat




Tamer:
We've been like this more than 50 years
Living as prisoners behind the bars of paragraphs
Of agreements that change nothing
We havent seen any light, and if we peek between the bars
We see a blue sky and white clouds
In the center a star reminds me that Im limited
But no, Im strong, staying optimistic
You wont limit my hope by a wall of separation
And if this barrier comes between me and my land
Ill still be connected to Palestine
Like an embryo to the umbilical cord
My feet are the roots of the olive tree
Keep on prospering, fathering and renewing branches
Every branch
Grown for peace
Every branch
Under the pressure of occupation
Refusing to give up
So why dont I have freedom?
Because I refuse to live in slavery

Chorus:
Everywhere I go I see borders, imprisoning humanity
Why cant I be free like other children in this world?
Everywhere I go I see borders, imprisoning humanity
Why cant I be free like other children in this world?

Mahmood:
We searched for peace between Generals
Until we all became war children
Asking for freedom from prisons that want us
With closed and blind eyes
Our eyes staring at the free children
Always keep on rolling to a better life
Our leaders only flavor their speeches
Opening their mouths but shutting out hope
We use power because of our weakness
So life will treat us gently
We saw that we dont rule our own destiny
So we tried to grasp it in our hands and it died
All we asked for was a breath
And what did we sacrifice for it?
Also a breath
So you tell me
Why cant I be free like other children in this world?
(chorus)

Suhell:
I dont want to live on my knees
Id rather not die at all
I still see the Occupation
Reaching his hand
Not for peace, not for equality
Not to mend things between us
But to suffocate me
Here's another massacre
And a wall thats separating me myself and I
The U.S. has made it their 51st state
Cleaning the Middle East of its Indians
Hitting us then blaming us
But all the biggest armies in the world
Are weak against the hope of the children

(chorus)

Little girl reading a poem:
We want an angry generation
To plough the sky, to blow up history
To blow up our thoughts
We want a new generation
That does not forgive mistakes
That does not bend
We want a generation of giants


( Tamer )
khamseen sana 7na 3ayshin wara sojoon elbonood elli sajninna
...Mesh 7assin wala noor illa syaj yalli 7na shayfin meno
sama , lona azra2 gheyma abyad
fi nos nejma mzakra kent m2ayad
Bas la , ana samed 3ayesh mitfa2el
Ma bt3ezlni 3an el2amal yeji darb rsase
iza fi soor ydoor ana bi falestine marboot
ka jenin marboot b7ablet "tabur??"
rejlaye , fi el2ard jodoor shjret zaytoon
dalet twalet w tjaded w tchabet elghosoon
kel ghosn mawlood lissalam
kel ghosn ma3rood lel e7tilal
ma yreed estislam
Tab leh , leh ana elli ma elu 7uriye
La2eni ana rafez enni 2a3ish be 3obudiye

( Chorus )
Win ma re7te ashoof 7dood , sejn el2insaniye
Leh atfal el3alam 7urra wana mali 7uriye ?
Win ma re7te ashoof 7dood , sejn el2insaniye
Leh atfal el3alam 7urra wana mali 7uriye ?

( Mahmood ) :
Bendawer 3a ssalam been el 9owad errowad
7arb , m3ahom serna wlad
7arb ,notlob el7uriye men sjoon elma3niye eno nkoon
ma3a 3yoon elli dayman ma3miye
Men ettafaroj 3ala atfal el3alam el7urra
Dayman ndal betada7roj lal 7ayat elmorra
9owadna nashtin bas bi tabahroj elkalam
Kolhom makhdin takharoj bi ta3awoj el2awtan
We7na , bnesta3mel el2uwe 3ashan eddo3f
Bnet7ammal elmoot 3ashan 7ayatna t3amlna blotf
W mesh 3am nshoof 7ayat la wladna
w lama la2inaha mesh be2edina jarabna nakhodha fa motna
W kol talabatna kant nafas
Welli da7eena 3ashano
Bardo kan nafas !
Enta 2ulli
Lesh atfal el3alam 7urra wana mali , mali 7uriye ?

( Chorus )
Win ma re7te ashoof 7dood , sejn el2insaniye
Leh atfal el3alam 7urra wana mali 7uriye ?
Win ma re7te ashoof 7dood , sejn el2insaniye
Leh atfal el3alam 7urra wana mali 7uriye ?

( Suhell )
Ana mesh ha3ish 3a rokabi
Wana mesh ha3moot hatedfan
Lesstani shayef ele7tilal
Maded eedo
Mesh lassalam , mesh moossawa !
bhalka yahdeeni la 7abl elmashna2a
Kaman majzara !
Wel jidar elli fasel beeni w been 7ali elli ma byakhaleni shoof daw2 essama
el wa7ed w khamseen welaya trabbi kaman welaye la terba 3ala 7ssab gheerha
Elli taghssel elhemma men elhonood el7omr , Li t3amdet tem7ina w taghssel dima2na
w t2olna enno elmoshkila hiye
??????


( Chorus )
Win ma re7te ashoof 7dood , sejn el2insaniye
Leh atfal el3alam 7urra wana mali 7uriye ?
Win ma re7te ashoof 7dood , sejn el2insaniye
Leh atfal el3alam 7urra wana mali 7uriye ?


( Little girl reading a poem ) :
nuridu jilan ghadiban
Nuridu jilan yafla7u al-afa9 , wa yantushu ttarikha min jodurihi
Wa yantushu L-fikra min al-a3ma9
Nuridu jilan 9adiman mukhtalif al-malami7
La yaghfiru L-akhta2a , La yussami7
La yan7ani La ya3rifu nnifa9
Nuridu Jilan ra2idan 3imla9

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