Tamer Nafar Lyrics

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on Ya Reit (If Only)

Let us go as we are.
A free lover and her poet.
If only
I could write you of my love
I am singing against the wall
But I am building another wall between us
If only
I could write that I love you
If only

If only I could write you a song of clichés
But it’s the one thing I can’t do.
I want to imagine us kissing in the rain,
But I hate the rain, it reminds me of our leaking roof.
I place pots in all the corners,
The water floods in the house.
I hide my love songs in the drawer,
I’ll return to them after my problems are solved.
Now I’m soaking wet at your doorstep,
Pull me out of these streets,
Cover me with your clothes,
I’m afraid to be weak in front of you.
Exorcise the demon of poverty out of me,
The demon of oppression,
The feeling that there is no tomorrow.
Exorcise my demons of drugs,
The loans to the bank,
And hug me like there is no tomorrow.

If only
I could write you of my love
I am singing against the wall
But I am building another wall between us
If only
I could write that I love you
If only

Mahmoud Darwish wrote that we’ll become a nation
When the poet will describe the female body
I say that we’ll become a nation
When the female poet
Will describe the male body.

I write against the siege in Gaza,
Against those who brought us darkness,
I write for the camps, and meanwhile,
The love song is a refugee in my drawer.
I am a refugee on your doorstep,
Remind me that oppression is a border, not a need.
Take off my clothes, I am ready
To stand naked and weak in front of you.
Create the demon of wisdom in me,
The demon of trust,
So I won’t fear you, nor for you.
Create the demon of passion in me,
The demon of Revolution,
I will fight for both freedom and love.

Let us go as we are.
A free lover and her poet.
Let us go together,
On two different paths.
Let us go as we are :
United,
And separate.
Let us go together,
And let us be kind.