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If I must die is the last poem of Gazan professor of literature and activist Dr. Refaat Alareer before he was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on 6 December 2023. The text has since been translated into a wide range of languages by both activists and linguists alike as a symbol of the Palestinian resistance.

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English

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

References

Refaat Alareer [@itranslate123] (November 1, 2023). "If I must die, let it be a tale. #FreePalestine #Gaza" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

Translations

Soc'ul'

Ih secxeý secsuxad,
c'ez cozxeý cozil
āhcorxauc tiéyan je
āhcorjuaímu ez'e secmuzm'e
āhcumeýu xil juajo
tsil ā,
(coznivíljíax milax r'ūj ne)
c'ez āhjí je có, xad eý Gaza eý
miu āhz'aiuc'laz'i Ñēyan
āhūts cé hé āhñéz xem—
āhcualuñoz'i xen'
xen xen il' je
xen xen coil je—
huuc' tnestijo, tnestijo en āhcozatx,
āhucuj m'e xenuz
c'ua hez'i xil āhueylac jál eý coiad
āhuñéiejax huriad
Ih secxeý secsuxad,
uc' c'ualaiax
uc' aíún' tiéyan

Interlinear glossing

Ih

if

sec-xeý

1>1-need

sec-suxad,

1>1-die

c'ez

RES

coz-xeý

2>2-need

coz-il

2>2-live

āh-cor-xauc

REL-2>1-say

tiéyan

story

je

to

āh-cor-juaímu

REL-2>1-sell

ez'e

NZ

sec-muzm'e

1>1-own

āh-cu-meýu

REL-2>CL5-buy

xil

piece

juajo

cloth

tsil

string

ā,

some

(coz-nivíl-jí-ax

2>2-white-ADJ.VBZ-CAUS

milax

tail

r'ūj

long

ne)

with

c'ez

RES

āh-jí

REL-do

je

to

có,

child

xad

PFRM

eý

at

Gaza

eý

in

miu

PROG

āh-z'ai-uc'la-z'i

REL-CL2>CL1-eye-VBZ

Ñēyan

heaven

āh-ūts

REL-wait

cé

father

hé

CL2.INAL

āh-ñéz

REL-leave

xem—

burn

āh-cualuño-z'i

REL-goodbye-VBZ

xen'

none

xen

NEG

xen

REDUP

il'

human blood

je

to

xen

NEG

xen

REDUP

coil

REFL

je—

to

hu-uc'

CL2>CL5-see

tnestijo,

kite

tnestijo

kite

en

1.POSS

āh-coz-atx,

REL-2>2-make

āh-u-cuj

REL-CL5>CL5-fly

m'e

top

xenuz

from

c'ua

think

hez'i

ADVZ

xil

brief

āh-u-eylac

REL-CL5>CL5-stand

jál

DEM

eý

at

coiad

spirit

āh-u-ñéiej-ax

REL-CL5>CL5-return-CAUS

huriad

love

Ih

if

sec-xeý

1>1-need

sec-suxad,

1>1-die

uc'

SUBJ

c'ualai-ax

hope-CAUS

uc'

SUBJ

aíún'

COP.CL1>CL1

tiéyan

story

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