Leila's Ballade - PANTA/響.mp3

[00:15.718]I was four years old
[00:21.303]Just after my birthday I had to leave Haifa
[00:30.744]Mother, with her 8 children,
[00:35.133]got onto a small car
[00:39.187]One child missing... that was me.
[00:45.688]"Oh why do we have to leave?"
[00:49.957]Mother found me and pulled me from behind basket
[00:55.383]Where I was hiding
[00:59.528]She said "They will kill you"
[01:03.332]Father kissed us all goodbye
[01:09.241]With tears in his eyes
[01:13.033]We fled the frightening war
[01:19.852]We lost our house
[01:23.162]Our town
[01:25.795]And our homeland
[01:27.813]We lost everything
[01:33.655]Even now, half a century from then,
[01:44.968]I cannot return home
[01:48.881]This is my story, and also the story of everyone
[01:53.965]This is the story of every Palestinian
[01:59.985]Leila, Leila
[02:00.218]I was five years old
[02:03.537]summer came
[02:07.483]we were reunified with our father at last
[02:11.989]We were robbed off everything
[02:16.772]Our house, our shop, our homeland were all taken
[02:22.659]Father changed after the defeat
[02:27.160]"Oh when will we return to Palestine?"
[02:32.294]After becoming a refugee,
[02:36.333]father always talked about the lost days
[02:40.297]Until he died 18 years later
[02:45.025]I laid an olive branch as he lay in the soil
[02:51.141]Still dreaming of returning to Haifa
[02:58.251]We fled the frightening war
[03:02.028]we lost our house, our town,
[03:10.054]And our homeland
[03:12.956]We lost everything
[03:20.783]Even now, half a century from then,
[03:30.554]I cannot return home
[03:33.082]This is my father's story,
[03:35.936]and also the story of everyone
[03:39.330]This is the story of every Palestinian father
[03:43.855]Leila, Leila
[03:55.542]I was 25 years old
[04:05.619]A hot day in August
[04:07.647]I wanted to revisit my homeland
[04:12.558]From an altitude of 10,000 feet
[04:17.912]In my big lace hat, I announced to the passengers:
[04:24.244]"Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seat belts.
[04:33.652]It's you the new pilot speaking.
[04:36.035]PFLP's Guevara team has taken control of this plane"
[04:40.716]I looked down on my beloved Palestine's coastline
[04:47.474]And saw Haifa from far above
[04:54.818]We fled the frightening war
[05:01.959]we lost gur house, our town,
[05:11.356]And our homeland
[05:14.700]We lost everything
[05:19.771]Even now, half a century from then,
[05:28.908]The world is pretending not to see
[05:33.070]This is my story, and also the story of everyone
[05:38.442]This is the story of every Palestinian freedom fighter
[05:43.939]Leila, Leila
[05:56.918]So, I'm still waiting
[06:38.384]To wait and continue waiting is our struggle
[06:44.318]In my second hijack, I lost a comrade and I was captured
[06:51.935]But I was freed
[06:54.150]I met Basim after that,
[06:58.353]and the Lodd operation followed
[07:02.215]With Palestinian anger and hope in mind
[07:06.631]Freedom fighters continue fighting
[07:11.518]If we don't continue in the struggle;
[07:15.862]Palestinian's existence will fade away into just memories
[07:22.099]I became a mother, and I am now fighting for my children
[07:28.573]Like my mother before me
[07:32.390]We fled the frightening war
[07:36.113]we lost our house, our town,
[07:44.082]And our homeland
[07:48.501]We lost everything
[07:54.868]Even now, half a century from then,
[08:04.607]The flames of the struggle will not disappear
[08:08.078]This is my story, and also the story of everyone
[08:12.499]This is the story of every Palestinian mother
[08:17.195]Leila, Leila
[08:34.669]I am 60 now
[08:37.056]I came to Japan to testify
[08:43.784]That the freedom fighter Marian is innocent
[08:50.944]In that era, everyone was a freedom fighter
[08:57.386]"Why is she to be punished?
[09:04.216]Your honor, I demand an explanation!
[09:08.974]I am here representing the Palestinian people
[09:14.106]To say that people under occupation
[09:19.993]Have the right to resist
[09:23.639]Marian is one of us"
[09:29.619]We fled the frightening war
[09:37.476]we lost our house, our town,
[09:44.332]And our homeland
[09:48.748]We lost everything
[09:54.501]Even now, half a century from then,
[10:05.033]We will not give up our right to struggle
[10:09.154]This is my story, and also the story of everyone
[10:14.688]This is the story of the Palestine's friends all over the world
[10:19.728]Leila, Leila