Jan 10, 2010

I Shall Never Cry


I Shall Never Cry


 

Fadwa Touqan


At the gates of Jaffa stood I,
And on the ruins did I come to cry
Yet I stood in silence and in shame,
Receiving remonstration and blame
From the loved ones who did stay,
And never thought of going away!
0 dear loved Ones, at thy feet I creep,
To learn faith, rather than to weep,
To be guided by the glowing lamp,
And my eyelids shall never be damp:
How shall be defeated by despair
When thy courage fills the throbbing air;
Thy strength resembles the mountain.
Inspiring me, steady like a fountain!



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