Refaat Alareer’s "If I Must Die"
Hi, I'm Yara and I'm going to recite a poem by Rifat Alarir called if I must die, if I must die, you must live to tell my story, to sell my things, to buy a piece of cloth and some strings, make it white with a long tail so that a child somewhere in Ghaza, while looking heaven in the eye, awaiting his dad, who left in a blaze and bid no one farewell, not even to his flesh, not even to himself, sees the kite, my kite you made flying above and thinks for a moment an angel is there bringing back love