Nasser Lament

I saw a report on the BBC about an Israeli attack on the Nasser Hospital in Gaza. It is appalling.

[intro] [Verse 1] In Khan Younis the sirens cried, But the walls of the ward could not shield inside, They came with stretchers, hands shaking, bare, To lift the wounded from smoke-filled air. [Verse 2] First strike fell, and the dust was red, Bodies of the broken, the living, the dead. The cameras rolled, the world should see, The cost of silence, of cruelty. [Chorus] Nasser weeps tonight, under fire, under stone, The wounded left bleeding, the dying alone. A healer’s hand, a truth-teller’s eye, Struck down by the bombs as the world walks by. [Verse 3] A second thunder tore through the sky, The rescuers fell where the children lie. No warning given, no mercy shown, An ambulance burning, its siren moan. [Verse 4] Hossam held the lens, he told the truth, Till fire silenced his final proof. And still they write it, cold and plain, Collateral damage, another name. [Chorus] Nasser weeps tonight, under fire, under stone, The wounded left bleeding, the dying alone. A healer’s hand, a truth-teller’s eye, Struck down by the bombs as the world walks by. [Bridge] How many doctors, how many friends, How many graves till the fire ends? How many headlines, how many lies, Till the world sees Gaza through human eyes? [Final Chorus] Nasser weeps tonight, under fire, under stone, The wounded left bleeding, the dying alone. The healer’s hand, the truth-teller’s eye, We sing for the fallen, we will not let them die. [Outro] In Khan Younis the sirens cried, But the truth still lives, it will not hide.

26 August 2025 at 13:08