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A very nice Iraqi poem that I don't know it's poet.

سامحيني

روحي من تسمع ضحكتك..
تنكسر وتفيض عيني
سامحيني،،
ومن احط راسي اعلا متنك
يسمع الميت ونيني
سامحيني
من يثور الهوى بكلبي
وينتفض يصرخ حنيني انا كل ايامي صعبه. .
انا دمعه..انا لوعه.. انا غربه
انا ياسمره عراقي
وحزني مكتوب بجبيني
سامحيني
سامحيني..
الدنيا من غيرك..ضياع وماكو ملفه
والثلج لو حصر عمري،،
بس اشوفك كلي ادفه.. والله ادفه،، سامحيني
جروح كلبي،، جروح كلفه
.. شما تلولين اعله روحي
تبقه عيني بعينك..وماترضه تغفه..
وشلون اغفه..وانا ذاك انا لغريب الماكعد وياه حظه..
ولاضحك وياه صدفه..
لاقطار يواسي صبره ..
ولامحطات التعرفه..
سامحيني ،،
من اذوب ابصمت،، لان روحي ترف
.سامحيني،، الشوك خلاني لخيالك..صاحب،،وظل وجدم
ومن يلف الليل رمشك امشي ازورك بالحلم ..
سامحيني…من اشوف اطفال شعبي الجوع ذابحها..انهظم
دموعهم تكتل ظحكتي شلون ترديني ابتسم
سامحيني من تروح الروح يمهم..
وابقه يمك بس جسم.. مااكلك شنهي طبعي
ولا اكلك شنهي دمعي،، بس اكللك..عراقي..وانتي
فسريلي الاسم..
سامحيني …… سامحيني
بيك اشمن ريحت اهلي وتنزل دموعي مزن
وانكسر جن عود يابس
مارحم بيه الزمن سامحيني من اغنيلك قصيده بكلبي خنكتها المحن
سامحيني
ومن اسولفلج سوالف
كلها الام وشجن..
سامحيني
من اشوف الناس،، كل الناس غربه
وانتي اشوفنك وطن

As I was watching (for the millionth time) the photo that I have posted in my previous post, I was thinking hard to speculate what was in the mother's head as she was walking her kid to school and few meters away, there lies a dead body in a burnt car.

After a long time of thinking, one thing popped into my mind; la vita è bell. Its the italian translation of "Life is Beautiful". Of course I was not thinking that the mother was thinking life is beautiful as she is crossing that street not knowing if she would be alive to pick up her son after school. "Life is Beautiful" was a movie that won the best foriegn movie Oscar in 1997.

For those of you who have not seen the movie, I'll just tell you a short description of how this relates to Iraq, that mother, and her young young kid.

A father and his son get caught by the German's in the World War II. They were placed in a concentration camp. And the father (Roberto Benigni) thinks of a brilliant idea to make the whole thing less scary for his son. He tells his son that the whole camp thing is just a game. And their role in the game is to survive the camp and the winner will get a tank..!!

I just keep thinking of my 10 months old daughter as I a mwriting these words. I wonder if she would understand if something bad happens to me. Her, and her mother are practically all that I have in this world, and I am all they have. Would her shiny eyes believe that all of this is just a game?

She is probably THE reason that I left Iraq. I did not want her to go through all of this. But as days pass by, life gets harder and harder for all Iraqis, those living inside and outside Iraq. I know that one day I will have to go back no matter how bad things are in Iraq. Not because I want to, its just because I have no where else to go.

Its very hard to live like this. I love my country and I want to get back for that. But on the other hand, my family's safety as well as my own are highly compromised if I do go back.Maybe I have to play the "Life is Beautiful" game with my self not with my daughter.  

This is a photo of a regular school day in Baghdad.

Nothing strange in there. Just a mother taking her kid to school..and oh..a dead body in a burnt car. 

Yes..

It used to be "Al-Sarrafiya" Bridge..

The bridge, that was built in the thirties of the last century in Baghdad, was taken down today by a bombed truck.

I am sorry I could not write anything after this video.