.
While the rank and file of defiant Hamas
Locked down the city for imminent attack
While the suffering mothers of the Gaza strip
Gathered up their brood for a perilous trip
While the tanks and the trucks of the IDF
Charged along the highway like a crazed express
While the world looked on, angered and dismayed
On their glowing screens, many miles away,
A rousing crack and a jolting thud
Left palpitations in the Gazan mud
Then the street lights shattered
And the shop fronts rattled
From the Daraj Quarter to Sabra and Daraj
The Gazans feared for the wrath of God
More than the scheming of the vile Likud
Some felt the ground thumping under their feet,
They could sense some marching from Sheikh Radwan street,
“Get ready for war,” roared a Hamas guard
“The Yahuud are here, in our own backyard!”
And they snapped and clicked their guns in place
Waiting for the order, grimace on the face,
And the marching grew like a pounding drum
As if approached a hundred thousand,
With rifles ready and their wits aware
The guards stood poised in the dusty air
But a voice yelled out and he dropped in a swoon
“Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raajioon!”
Before the eyes of the Gazan squad
A sight befell them, a miracle of God,
Babies wrapped in white, marched along the street
Babies dead before and some only just this week,
Hundreds swamped the scene, charging along
Punching the air, while chanting this song:
“For shame! For shame! Ya Bani Israeel!
Our great grandfather Abraham
Disowns your butchery!
For shame! For shame! Ya Bani Israeel!
You dropped your bombs in the clear night sky
And killed us in our sleep!
For shame! For shame! Ya Bani Israeel!
We were hungry birds in a threadbare nest
Meagre scraps for a meal!
For shame! For shame! Ya Bani Israeel!
We were just little vessels, thirsty for life
And you drowned us in your steel!
For shame! For shame! Ya Bani Israeel!
How will you face the Lord of the Worlds?
On the day that all’s revealed!
For shame! For shame! Ya Ummah! Muslimeen!
You swim in your oil, make others toil
Standing by while our wounds bleed!
For shame! For shame! Ya Ummah! Muslimeen!
You love this world, which is just absurd,
It’s just a passing dream!
For shame! For shame! Ya Ummah! Muslimeen!
When will you rise from your laziness?
For this life is fantasy!
For shame! For shame! Our fellow human-beings!
We killed in our nappies, not a crime to our names
And you just sat by and disagreed.
For shame! For shame! Our fellow human beings!
If you don’t act soon, another wave of children
Will just be some figures for history.”