Tuesday, August 01, 2006

from beirut to those who love us

My friend in Beirut replied with a video. I couldn't find the video online, so I have transcribed the text for you to read:

From Beirut to those who love us.
July 21, 2006

(woman singing):
One of whom are dear to us
Great those who used to care for us
Tell them whatever may happen


(sound of bombs interrupts her singing)

"I can't go on"
"Repeat, repeat"

(sound of bombs)

(Narration:)
We are around 4 million people
So far, 150,000 of them have left the country
And we were hit by 16,000 missiles
Israeli missiles
At first we disagreed on how to address you
Do we speak to you as Arab viewers?
Or as Europeans?
In the end
We agreed that it is irrelevant
No one is listening anyway
No one heard about a half million displaced
Half a million displaced
More than 300 martyrs
And 1000 injured
Did you hear of a town called Marwahin?
Marwahin?
Srifa?
Qana and Al Mansouri?
Sabra and Chatila?
Dir Yassin?
Kifr Qassim?
Massacre!
Massacre.
Massacre.
A moment of silence..

Now, listen well
We are besieged
And the smell of gunpowder is in the air.
Gunpowder, and the world is watching..
We are beseiged because the world is watching
What matters is
We still have a bit of food and water
And pride
And dignity
And love
We are 4 million people
4 million and one
One who was born today in a school under seige
We are here
Where are you?

One of whom are dear to us
Great those who used to care for us
Tell them whatever may happen
Don't forget to care for us

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

you can find the video at http://beirutletters.org/