If I must die - A poem by Refaat Alareer (music by Farah Siraj)

Beloved Gazan poet and professor Refaat Alareer wrote this poem. It was his last poem before he was killed on December 7th. The melody came to Farah as she read his poem for the first time, and it became a song.... If I must die, you must live to tell my story to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings, (make it white with a long tail) so that a child, somewhere in Gaza while looking heaven in the eye awaiting his dad who left in a blaze– and bid no one farewell not even to his flesh not even to himself– sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above and thinks for a moment an angel is there bringing back love If I must die let it bring hope let it be a tale Poem by Refaat Alareer Voice and guitar by Farah Siraj