Flags flood the
streets
People rejoicing
in fleets.
Music and dance
fill the air,
They celebrate
without a care,
As though victory
they won.
Tomorrow rises
the sun,
On a new Egypt,
So they hope, so
they believe.
There is still
work to be done,
Many difficulties
yet to come.
Of hope and
freedom, they sing.
Egypt’s streets,
with joy, shake and ring.
Tonight, the
night does not creep
On the country
that does not sleep.
Cairo, Suez and Alexandria,
Qaliyubiya,
Sharqia, Daqahlia,
In twenty-six
governorates,
Millions stand at
the gates
Of a new dawn, a
new day,
A new shade of
grey,
With a new hope,
a new choice,
The proud people
of Egypt rejoice.
Of hope and
freedom, they sing.
Egypt’s streets,
with joy, shake and ring.
Tonight Egyptians
sleep
As dawn begins to
creep.
Tonight, with
pride Egypt rests,
After almost three
years of unrest.
Tomorrow, the
birds rise from their nests
Tomorrow, begins
the test
To see how fare
we
With what we call
‘victory’.
The sun will
shine
On a land
Egyptians call “Mine”.
Of hope and
freedom, they sing.
Egypt’s streets,
with joy, shake and ring.
Written 4th
of July 2013, at 2:20 am.
