Lyrics: Samih al-Qasim
Music: Marwan Abado
If I am granted to live,
then do not force me
to live as you wish.
And if I am granted to die,
then do not force me
to die as you wish.
I live when I am granted to live,
I live as you refuse.
And if I am granted to die,
then I die of what you do not know.
So, calm down, feel exalted, rejoice.
And be outraged. Reach
to wisdom. Or to madness.
No, I will only be who I want to be,
I wish to be.