WE WILL NOT GO DOWN (Song for Gaza)

A blinding flash of white light
Lit up the sky over Gaza tonight
People running for cover
Not knowing whether they're dead or alive

They came with their tanks and their planes
With ravaging fiery flames
And nothing remains
Just a voice rising up in the smoky haze

We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight

Women and children alike
Murdered and massacred night after night
While the so-called leaders of countries afar
Debated on who's wrong or right

But their powerless words were in vain
And the bombs fell down like acid rain
But through the tears and the blood and the pain
You can still hear that voice through the smoky haze

We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight

GAZA ITU MEMANGGILMU

tangisan itu memanggilmu,
ratapan itu merayumu,
suara wanita yang tidak bermaya
jeritan si kecil yang tidak berdosa
ratapan si tua yang tidak terdaya
darah pemuda yang ditumpah
nyawa perwira yang dimamah
kau biarkan mereka dilapah
suara sayu memanggilmu
bumi Gaza yang diserbu

dek bangsat yang penuh muslihat
tentera khianat yang dilaknat

tergamaknya kau bersahaja
cuma menjadi penonton setia
sedangkan tanah Gaza dibunuh percuma
tanpa kau rasa duka
airmata dosa membiarkan mereka dihina derita
manakah janji bahwa kita bersaudara
darah Gaza akan menuntutmu di hari muka
kerna kau tinggalkannya dikorban tanpa bantuan
bangkitlah dengan keinsafan,hulurkan tangan pertolongan
demi Tuhan! buat Palestin yang ditawan!

oleh
Dr. Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin,
Lampeter, Wales, UK.
11.1.09