I Shall Return

I Shall Return

Samih Al- Qassem , I lament the land of my birth, The spot of beauty on this earth; But nobody hears my lamentation, Though I wall across all creation! I am rejected, deprived, compelled To roam everywhere, exiled, expelled: I walk the streets of every town; I am denied, and left to drown. They deny me the air, the water, the shade, And want me to vanish, to die, to fade: They have plundered my plough and furrow And even the hope of a fruitful tomorrow; But although everything seems to burn, No force on earth shall hinder my return!   Zajel / An-Najah National University