Poems for the children in Gaza

Hello! I am Suwako from Kobe Japan
I am a coordinator of NEGAI Connection


NEGAI means Our Wish in Japanese and this song was made by Hiroshima students in 2002. I started to spread this song as a peace meesage and now it has 37 translations and 1516 verses. It is the world longest song!
Let me introduce this poem sent by Maryam in Iran on January 3 2009.

Mariam sent us very ironic happy new year poems! How strongly impressive!
And I agree very much with her idea! Yes, the innocent people are always
victimized but now is the time to reconciliate and work together for peace!

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What a beautiful pink flower
you have sent us
What a nice fish in the dish
I ask myself why I cannot enjoy
this beauty any more?

I want to say happy new year
But I only hear the sound of explosions
Boms after boms, rocket after rockets
I want to write something nice
I want to talk of peace

But I see the kids' faces full of blood
And an indifferent world towards murderers
I cannot be indifferent
I cannot be happy
My kids are under fire
They can not sleep in the night

Have you experienced the fear of Bombs in the night
night after night? I have
They pour so many bombs on our heads
So that we flee and thieves come and occupy our land

Tomorrow is too late.
Let us help anyhow we can
The children of war
Let them be there
to think of climate change

Let them be there
to think of environment
Give them peace as a gift
for the new year

What a bitter new year it was for them
Let us all pray together
May those snobs who think they rule
on the destinies of other human beings
lose all their power and their wealth

I am sure the ones who are oppressed
will inherit the earth
But let us pray sooner
(Mariam Mokhtari Iran Jan. 4 2009)