Shayari Bazar

If we want toWe will become a people, if we want to, when we learn that we are not angels, and that evil is not the prerogative of othersWe will become a people when we stop reciting a prayer of thanksgiving to the sacred nation every time a poor man finds something to eat for his dinnerWe will become a people when we can sniff out the sultan’s gatekeeper and the sultan without a trialWe will become a people when a poet writes an erotic description of a dancer’s bellyWe will become a people when we forget what the tribe tells us, when the individual recognizes the importance of small detailsWe will become a people when a writer can look up at the stars without saying: ‘Our country is loftier and more beautiful!’We will become a people when the morality police protect a prostitute from being beaten up in the streetsWe will become a people when the Palestinian only remembers his flag on the football pitch, at camel races, and on the day of the NakbaWe will become a people, if we want to, when the singer is allowed to chant a verse of Surat al-Rahman at a mixed wedding receptionWe will become a people when we respect the right, and the wrong.