Why Are We in Exile? by Iraqi poet `Abdul-Wahab Al-Bayyati (my translation):
(Refugees are asking)
Why are we dying in
silence
I had my house
And I had
And here you are
without a heart,
without a sound
sobbing, and
here you are
Why are we in exile
dying
dying in silence
Why are we not
crying over fire,
on thorns
we walked
And my people walked
Why are we oh, God
without a homeland
without love
dying in horror
Why are we in exile
Why are we oh, God?