Monument to Freedom
Monday, June 16, 2008 | Dr. TAHER ALWAN
Under the Monument to Freedom (Alhuria)
Under the Monument to Freedom
Stands an old man with a child
They came through the North Gate
Drunk water in the summer heat of Bagdad
And contemplated the Monument to Freedom
The child was pale
The old man’s face was worn with age
The moments passed and suddenly
The foreign soldiers came
Stamping their boots and shouting
The child was scared
The old man sheltered under the Monument to Freedom
And looking up cried out:
Oh strange soldiers,
Has freedom been crucified on the Monument to Freedom?
Under the Monument to Freedom
Stands an old man with a child
They came through the North Gate
Drunk water in the summer heat of Bagdad
And contemplated the Monument to Freedom
The child was pale
The old man’s face was worn with age
The moments passed and suddenly
The foreign soldiers came
Stamping their boots and shouting
The child was scared
The old man sheltered under the Monument to Freedom
And looking up cried out:
Oh strange soldiers,
Has freedom been crucified on the Monument to Freedom?
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