Dam - Stranger in My Country lyrics

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Tawfiq Ziad:

I'm calling you

I shake your hand

I kiss the ground beneath your feet and tell you "I will redeem you"

And I give you the light of my eyes

And the warmth of my heart

And the tragedy which I live

Is that my fate is just like yours

Mohamed:

All the boats pass us by leaving a sadness to drown our hearts

So we becomes guests of the darkness in our homes

And the verse is flipped again

We've become guests who are unwelcome

Strangers in our own land, separated from our country

Who cares about our worries?

A slow death runs in our blood

A democratic Zionist regime is ruling us

Democratic to those who are Zionist

And Zionist to those who are Arab

In other words, what is forbidden for him is forbidden for me

And what's allowed for him is forbidden for me

And what's allowed for me is undesirable for me

Because it denies my existence

It erased and continues to erase my colors

History has forgotten my ancestors and brainwashes my children

That wake up to a present that doesn't represent them

The blue citizenship (Israeli citizenship) we piss out and drink of its water

You tell us we are part of the people and the people make us feel like foreigners

I am a stranger in my country

Amal Basharat:

Where can I go, strangers have occupied my home?

My soul told me, "the embrace of your family will protect you my dear"

Where can I go?

My brothers and sisters didn't care about my situation

My soul told me, "walk with your head held high!"

Suheil:

We see faces that don't want us around

Glances that fear us, whispers that curse us

Gestures driving us away and oppressing us

They're forgetting that our ancestors built these buildings

And our brothers are still building their foundations

And their foundation is the Arabs of the Mosques and the Churches

In the end people from another country screaming "transfer" at me

We're complaining to laws that digest our rights

Suppress our voices

Inside the green line (ie the division between Israel and the Occupied territories) destroying our homes

Unemployment encircles us

We grow up in poverty and poverty raises our minds

But our hearts live and preserve our roots

Those who call us traitors

No no no no

I have never been worthless in my country

The tragedies of my people are what have written my fate

The world until this point has treated us like Israelis

And Israel is always going to treat us like Palestinians

I'm a stranger in my country

Tamer:

Thirteen martyrs, destiny is near

With rocks in hand, thirteen martyrs

The greatness of our country, the pillar of our country

Black October proved that it's in our blood

If everyone is born under occupation

How can they not throw back at the past? (reference to stone throwing)

Rather, throw himself like a sword

Battling the weapons that consider our blood water

Killing the peaceful voice with live ammunition

As a tear of pain cries "I am running down an Arab cheek"

Muhammad and Jesus Christ, we're a mountain that the wind cannot shake

We keep representing nationalism

Symbols of freedom

The flame of our grandfathers lights the soul of the youth

I am a stranger in my country

But I thank the lord that I hold onto my heritage

They called me a traitor

An Arab inside the 48 boundaries (Arabs who stayed in Israel after most of the Arabs were driven out in 1948 to establish an Arab state are view by other Palestinians and Arabs as traitors sometimes)

While you got your hand on your head

We are the roots of Palestine

Forever and always<br />

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Thanks to razvan