Dedicated to all sacrificed soldiers who left their homes to give their lives, causing others to have to flee theirs to save their lives from war.

 

HOME IS MINE

 

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War is everywhere

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 We found fire to warm us

 But she destroyed us

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 We discovered fire to cook with it

 We ate, but it burned us

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 I am the soldier who left his homeland

 Leaving his wife and children

 that I carried in my arms

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 And I got my weapon

 I am afraid that I will not return to them

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 They took us for gun training

 Wearing a fight suit

 But the horse is tired of running

 in the homelands of others

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 Whenever I remember my family and children

 My tears fell on my cheek

 for fear of them

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 I remember them every time I see families

 Disappeared by the war

 get here and there

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 Blood runs like two valleys

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 My weapon is on my shoulder

 And my mind is not with me

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 We want peace in all nations

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 War is not a solution to peace

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 We missed love in religions

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 We miss the language of dialogue

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 Whenever I remember my wife and children

 I know the value of love and peace

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 Home is mine

and the earth is for everyone

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 We are brothers,

we are role models for a generation

 looking for safety

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  War here and war there

 Dead here, wounded there

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 Bleeding blood and horses

messing from running

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 We want peace,

we dream of peace

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 To live in safety

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 Give me a piece of bread

 Share it and my family

with some water

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 Do not kill my land

and burn my crops

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 The country is mine

and the land is for everyone

 

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Hicham Chouki

Poem & Oud Solo

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Dimitri Arnauts

Music

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An original main melody on the Oud

by Hicham Chouki, on a Symphonic Orchestral music soundscape, a sad march composed by Belgian composer Dimitri Arnauts.

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