Egypt Poem

By Suzy Vidal

Slowly flows the river Nile
Sadly beats my heart in exile
The luscious date and mango tree
I surely shall no longer see

I walked along the streets of Cairo
Till that day without a morrow
My friends dispersed all over the globe
In search of a more peaceful abode

We were sent off without a dime

Adieu the country that was mine
The gentle breeze of Sham el Nessim
Has gone with the call of the muezzin

Of jasmine only remains the scent

The Khamsin winds were not God sent
Yet we dream of that faraway land
That pushed us out giving us a hand

Kasr el Nil now has a motorway

You'll not see one Jew on the way
They did not want us anywhere
So I shall never go back there