Five centuries have passed
Since Spanish crusaders came
Their occupation did not last
Nor did our Barbary pirate fame
Now here in western Tripoli
We ache for our spring
Watched our brothers break free
Heard the freedom songs they sing
The general holds us in his sway
His green flags line the walls
Those he hates must run away
Or else be the first to fall
Fifteen years ago bombs fell
No shelter from attack
Turned the city into hell
Near broke the general’s back
The middle sea is at our doors
Europe far across the waves
Now Europe comes with lion’s roar
The path to freedom paves
Or so I thought till this morn
When all I who I held dear
Perished in flames hellborn
Left me bereft here
So I take up deadly arms
But not now for liberty
Although the general did great harm
Europe did more to me
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