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Shai Dotan

LET\'S PRETEND THAT THE WAR

Let’s pretend that the war here was made of love
An oppressed enemy swept away by love
A mutual, one-sided occupation of love
Bustling settlements swarming with love
The eyes of preachers in mosques bellowing love
In refugee camps, walls stained with slogans of love
The news every hour, sugared announcements dripping love
Roadblocks with barbed wires in the name of love
Terrorists infiltrating shopping malls buckled with love
Coexistence, a hollow word, an abandoned tank made of love.

נגיד שהמלחמה

נגיד שהמלחמה

נַגִּיד שֶׁהַמִּלְחָמָה כָּאן הָיְתָה מֵאַהֲבָה
אוֹיֵב מְדֻכָּא סְחוּף אַהֲבָה
כִּבּוּשׁ חַד-צְדָדִי הֲדָדִי מֵאַהֲבָה
הִתְנַחֲלֻיּוֹת הוֹמוֹת רוֹחֲשׁוֹת אַהֲבָה
עֵינֵי מַטִּיפִים בַּמִּסְגָּדִים זוֹעֲקוֹת אַהֲבָה
בְּמַחֲנוֹת הַפְּלִיטִים קִירוֹת מֻכְתָּמִים סִיסְמְאוֹת אַהֲבָה
חֲדָשׁוֹת כָּל שָׁעָה מִשְׁפָּטִים מְתוּקִים זָבִים אַהֲבָה
מַחְסוֹמִים גִּדְרוֹת תַּיִל שְׁלוּפִים דּוֹקְרָנֵי אַהֲבָה
טֶרוֹרִיסְטִים מִסְתַּנְּנִים לַקַּנְיוֹנִים חֲגוּרִים אַהֲבָה
.דּוּקִיּוּם מִלָּה נְבוּבָה זַחַל פָּרוּק שֶׁל נַגְמַ"שׁ אַהֲבָה

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LET\'S PRETEND THAT THE WAR

Let’s pretend that the war here was made of love
An oppressed enemy swept away by love
A mutual, one-sided occupation of love
Bustling settlements swarming with love
The eyes of preachers in mosques bellowing love
In refugee camps, walls stained with slogans of love
The news every hour, sugared announcements dripping love
Roadblocks with barbed wires in the name of love
Terrorists infiltrating shopping malls buckled with love
Coexistence, a hollow word, an abandoned tank made of love.

LET\'S PRETEND THAT THE WAR

Let’s pretend that the war here was made of love
An oppressed enemy swept away by love
A mutual, one-sided occupation of love
Bustling settlements swarming with love
The eyes of preachers in mosques bellowing love
In refugee camps, walls stained with slogans of love
The news every hour, sugared announcements dripping love
Roadblocks with barbed wires in the name of love
Terrorists infiltrating shopping malls buckled with love
Coexistence, a hollow word, an abandoned tank made of love.
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