Girl on PA TV: “My toys are the stone and rifle”
Official PA TV program The Best Home broadcast a young girl singing a song entitled “I am a Palestinian child”:
Girl: “I am a Palestinian child;
My childhood – between stone and fire.
I grew up among bombs and destruction.
My toys are the stone and rifle.
My drawing is my ruined home.
My book is the number of Martyrs (Shahids).
My school is behind the wall.
My colors are my country’s flag:
Red is the blood of the Martyr.
Green is our renewed hope.
Black is mourning for Palestine
White is victory over the usurpers.
Ask not where my childhood is,
For it lies buried beneath ruins and ashes.”
Official PA TV host: “My sweetie. These words are full of meaning.”
Girl: “I am a Palestinian child;
My childhood – between stone and fire.
I grew up among bombs and destruction.
My toys are the stone and rifle.
My drawing is my ruined home.
My book is the number of Martyrs (Shahids).
My school is behind the wall.
My colors are my country’s flag:
Red is the blood of the Martyr.
Green is our renewed hope.
Black is mourning for Palestine
White is victory over the usurpers.
Ask not where my childhood is,
For it lies buried beneath ruins and ashes.”
Official PA TV host: “My sweetie. These words are full of meaning.”