Songs in the Play : We are the Children of the Camp

 

Song 1: 1948

You have seen what happened                         The country is swallowed by destruction

The tents filled the country                                Time shall take revenge from the occupier

 

The world closed the eyes                     Arabs lived the siege

We walked in the roads of exile            We walked on fire

 

Our departure was not our choice                     The whole world was against us

We refused the division of our country            We refused the humiliation

 

Zionists have now a home                       They have a state, and became decision makers

This is only the beginning                         The war has still its secrets

 

No right shall be lost                               As long as there is resistance and there are demanders

Every occupier came and then was gone    Occupation never lasts

 

What happened is not new                        Time turns all the time

Every power weakens with time                The government of injustice, vanishes with revolution

 

Song 2: We are the Children of the Camp

We are the children of the camp                We are the sons of refuge

We are the children of exile                            We are the lovers of resistance

 

We have been chased from our homes               Our lands were taken

We were forced to live in tents                        We became refugees

 

They uprooted the olive trees                        They constructed colonies

They thought that we have no history             Or thought that we didn’t exist

 

They demolished all of our villages                 They put us in labyrinths

They planted hatred in us                               They considered us as insects

 

We may have a spring                                   Sun may rise again in our sky

We look to Jerusalem                                   Singing for freedom in our hearts

 

We will never forget                                      We will never forget

We will never forget                                      We will never forget

 

Song 3: Oh my Teacher

Oh my teacher, teach me history

Tell me where is my country  here or on Mars

I am Palestinian, I don’t hide my origin

I asked where is my country, They said, it does not exist

A people and a country vanish, as if never existed

And the world keeps silent, with no shame

The country has a new name : Israel

A foreign people occupies the country

He forces our people to exile

He confiscates lands, build settlements

Puts people in jail or in exile, controls and governs, demolish our houses

Turns the ground, deracinate trees, make new roads, demolishes the buildings

Transformed our land into desert, our water sources became scarce

They violated the land, stolen the water

Forbid our lands from irrigation

Come with me brother, let us burn it father

Let this occupier be worried

Regain our violated rights

Let the dawn of freedom comes

 


Song 4: Pigeons fly

Pigeons fly, pigeons fly                     I asked them to carry a message to my beloved

I asked them to carry olives                I asked them to take peace to my country

 

The hawk fly, the hawk fly                 We don’t have any patience in our hearts

The occupier shall be defeated After the injustice comes the victory

 

The sparrow fly, the sparrow fly          I asked it to carry spikes to my country

Fire and bombs exploded                   We are freedom revolutionists

 

Eagles fly, eagles fly                          they moved the darkness of centuries

Oh, homeland, even under the bridges  we could live, no need for palaces

 

Ostrich fly, ostrich fly                        The clouds shall vanish

Days come and go                            We shall uproot the tents

 

The bird flies, the bird flies                It perfumed my country with incense

Where you go                                  You shall return to your homeland, because other places are just wasteland

 

Owl flies, owl flies                            May God chase the   anxiety from our hearts

Let the sun rise anew                         And chase all the clouds from the sky

 

The raven flies, the raven flies they brought destruction to our country

Open a window, remove a door           The state of injustice is a mirage

 

The partridge fly, the partridge fly        Sing my country traditional zajal

Every exiled, every prisoner                Shall return home immediately

 

The breeze blows, the breeze blows      It brought love and nostalgia

Every exiled shall return to his country As well as refugees and those who were forced to immigrate

 

Song 5: Peace song

They said peace                                we were assured

Peace came and bought with it            safety and security to our children

 

They said peace, yes peace                 This was not just an empty talk

You shall see with the days                How could pace achieve miracles

 

They said peace, this peace                 What we want shall be

Be reasonable, and listen to us            What does matter if we built another colony

 

They said peace                                And this a time, fiends

However become disloyal                   Becomes a leader for the people

 

They said peace                                Come and sing with us, dream

Probably the world in these days         Have been infected by forgetfulness

 

They said peace, the spirit of peace      to live in tents

No lands, no state                             The state is just n illusion

 

They said peace, what peace               who said the two people were equal

How gave you an assurance                Israel shall go forward with us

 

They said peace                                they laughed and sang for peace

Permits are also required                    They laughed at us, and that’s that