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July 28, 2011

AFCECO Afghanistan
Ian Pounds

 A new song, and anthem for AFCECO children I wrote this week:

In The Heart of Asia

From the battlefield of Maiwand

To Ghorid’s Minaret of Jam

Rabia Balkhi’s song of love

To the Hindu Kush and far beyond

Del ba del rah darat

I speak to the open doorway,

But I want every wall to hear

Lords of war I will not obey

Your blood for blood, your tear for tear

            Del ba del rah darat

            I’m the child of Afghanistan,

            Of a thousand wars and the night,

            The only one left to believe in this land

After the darkness there is light

I’ve seen it rain fire from the sky

More pain than snow on the hill

The dove that forgets how to fly

And dogs that only know how to kill

Don’t think there is no way to stop it

An orphan is not so alone

I have the truth here in my pocket

And soon it will shake to the bone

Del ba del rah darat

I live in a Parwarishga where free and equal from the start

Sisters and brothers together dare to find the way from heart to heart

Del ba del rah darat  There’s a way from heart to heart… (repeat)

I’m the child of Afghanistan,

            Of a thousand wars that you fight,

            The only one left to believe in this land

After the darkness there is light

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