IN PRAISE OF ALI is one of Charbel Baini's books translated by from Arabic by Naji Mourad, Joseph G. Yamouni, Elias Shaanin

Psalm 3

-1-

You are my companion-

Wherever I go,

You’re exisistent in my mind,

Dwelling,

In my heart and soul,

In the form of written verses.

-2-

You are the brother,

You are the father,

Head of the family

Which believes in God.

Everytime we advance

Little by little,

You protect us in the darkness.

-3-

You are alive in my prayers

For you I burned my life..

As incense.

Whenever a day of my life elapses

In you my life increases ages.

-4-

Why do I love you?

Loving you is glory,

Elevating me higher than sound,

Yet, allowing me

To reach places,

Which even death cannot reach.

-5-

You fought and conquered

The aggressor,

To relieve us by your struggle,

They did not understand

The message you uttered,

They killed you-

Killed your children.

-6-

Abou-Hassan

Your son has died!

And your other son made me cry!

Three sacrificed their blood,

For the dignity of my human right!

-7-

You offspring are elite heroes.

After you,

They sacrificed their youth,

They killed them.

They killed children!

Their soil was baptized by blood.

-8-

Zainab cries..

Where is justice?

Her grandfather..

The chosen messenger,

In whose name,

They slew his descendants.

Hell is insufficient

For those murderers!

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