A love song to Australia is one of Charbel Baini's books translated by Paul Abdul Ahad

AUSTRALIA

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?What should I tell you

About a land remoter than imagination

About a nation values humanity

Expatriation is heavier than mountains

And yet I loved her

On my affliction rocks

She planted my hopes

And passed the nights awake

To extend my education

-2-

?What should I tell you

About her love and kind act

In her heart, joyful people gathered

Extract the mankind

And you'll shape her man

Extract the faith

And you'll reap her faith

Extract the world

To know who she is

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