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Promises of the Storm
 
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Author: Mahmoud Darwish
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So be it
I can assure you that I will refuse death

And burn the, tears of the bleeding songs
And strip the olive trees
Of ill their counterfeit branches

If I have been serenading happiness

Somewhere beyond the eyelids of frightened eyes
That is because the storm

Promised me wine and new toasts
And rainbows
Because the storm

Swept away the voices of idiotic, obedient birds
And swept away the counterfeit branches
From the trunks of standing trees

So be it
I must be proud of you
Oh wounded city

You are lightning in our sad night
When the street frowns at me
You protect me from the shadows
And the looks of hatred

I will go on serenading happiness
Somewhere beyond the eyelids of frightened eyes

For from the time the storm begin to rage in my country
It has promised me wine and rainbows

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