A Phoenix Once Was Palestine | Drum Version | Zain Bhikha feat. Yaman Helmi

Zain Bhikha ignites a spark of hope with his latest song, "A Phoenix Once Was Palestine."
As the world crumbles under the atrocities that the Palestinians face, Zain Bhikha's impactful lyrics and signature vocals deliver a powerful message of empathy and resilience, acknowledging the pain and displacement endured by the Palestinians.
Accompanied by young Syrian artist Yaman Helmi, Zain Bhikha paints a vivid picture of the struggles in Palestine and the unwavering strength of its people in the face of devastation.
The significance of the powerful anthem in the chorus: "From the ashes there will rise a phoenix once was Palestine”, makes this more than just a song, "A Phoenix Once Was Palestine" is a rallying cry. It compels listeners to consider the realities of the situation while offering a message of enduring hope for a brighter future.The song serves as a reminder that freedom and justice, while seemingly distant, remain a powerful possibility.
Filmed in Cape Town, South Africa, where artists have created murals on buildings, on walls, in public spaces and in homes, as a sign of solidarity with their Palestinian brothers, the accompanying video to “A Phoenix Once Was Palestine" is as powerful in its message.
It is the sentiment of most South Africans, who still wear the scars of Apartheid, and who stand firm in the words of President Nelson Mandela when he so aptly stated, ‘We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.’
Written and performed by Zain Bhikha
Arabic by Yaman Helmi
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Yaman Helmi sponsored by Africa Muslims Agency
Lyrics
A Phoenix Once Was Palestine
When dusk descends on a crimson sky
When truth reveals a million lies
From the ashes there will rise
A phoenix once was Palestine
Take their lives, takes their homes
Steal their land, break their bones
Kill those babies, silent screams
No more children’s broken dreams
No more mothers, no more fathers
Where’s our Palestinian brothers
Just go on your rage and ravage
It’s just your collateral damage
Never look back
Just part of your plan
Selling your souls
The worlds gone cold
When dusk descends on a crimson sky
When truth reveals a million lies
From the ashes there will rise
A phoenix once was Palestine
Occupy then demonise
Human freedom you deny
They not people, you decide
Starve and torture watch with pride
Taking over, colonise
Stand upon that broken child
Where’s your conscience, where’s your honour
Cowardly you run for cover
Underneath your kevlar armour
From a child with sticks and rubber
In his heart he holds a fire
All he knows is this is Gaza
Home he loves, can’t run away
While genocide, is taking place
When dusk descends on a crimson sky
When truth reveals a million lies
From the ashes there will rise
A phoenix once was Palestine
Normalise / hypothesize
But you’re the victim every time
Build your walls with rock and stone
Hide behind your iron dome
Make your victims terrorists
Sell your lies, so ludicrous
Leaders show their ignorance
All yellow bellies, impotent
But there’s no peace but what justice brings
And freedom is so imminent
When dusk descends on a crimson sky
When truth reveals a million lies
From the ashes there will rise
A phoenix once was Palestine
مِنَ الرَّمَادِ نَحْيَا نَعِيْش
Out from the ashes, we live, we live.
مِثْلَ الْعَنْقَاءِ مِنَ الْلَا شَي
Like the phoenix from nothing.
فِيْ سَمَاءِ الْغَاصِبِيْنَ نَسْمُوْ وَ نَعْلُوْ جَاهِدِيْن
In the sky of the oppressors, we rise up above, striving.
بِالرُّوْحِ نَفْدِيْ فَلَسْطِيْن
With spirit, we sacrifice for Palestine.
وَالنَّصْرُ فِيْنَا سَيَحِيْن
And victory within us is drawing near.
When dusk descends on a crimson sky
When truth reveals a million lies
From the ashes there will rise
A phoenix once was Palestine
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