God and a drop of oil is one of Charbel Baini's books translated by Maha Bechara

BURN ME WITH YOUR LIGHT

 -1-

Burn me..

Burn me with Your light,

Baptise me again in Your seas.

I always love to see You

Bless me, so I can fulfil Your desires.

Draw me a sword against the slavery,

A reality coming out of a dream,

Exploding all kinds of love and feelings

Make me a song on people's lips

A dove, with a peace mission

Oh God!...

You're always on my mind.

Blow me a cloud wider than earth

To rain crops everywhere,

To blow the hate away;

And decorate baskets, instead

By the waiting flowers

On the children's lips

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Plant me a palm tree in the faraway desert,

So I can be the shade in the hot days

And the water for a thirsty person

Whom is lost between yesterday

And tomorrow.

Oh God!...

Help me to tow the red crosses,

To change slavery to freedom,

To throw away the bitter cup

And let the fanatic admit

That You are the One

The unbreakable One

Between the human sects.

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