The Hawk of Lebanon

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"The Hawk of Lebanon" is a popular song in the Arab World about Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The song was written by little known boy band Northern Band from the Palestinian territories at the height of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.

The song is being played on Arab TV networks, used as a ring tone for cell phones, passed around on e-mail and distributed on CDs and tapes. Music stores have trouble keeping up with demand, in part because Israeli soldiers have confiscated some Nasrallah tapes and CDs at checkpoints. Israeli police say the song is considered inflammatory and that tapes and CDs containing it would be confiscated.

The lyrics consist of constant repetition of a few simple rhymes: "Hey, you, hawk of Lebanon. Hey, you, Nasrallah. Your men are from Hezbollah and victory is yours with God's help." Lead singer and manager Alaa Abu al-Haija, 28, said he gives the audiences what they want to hear. "I see people turning toward Islam, so I have to sing to that," said Alaa, sitting in the living room of his family's two-story house in the northern West Bank village of Yamoun.

Palestinian fever for the song has brought together supporters of Hamas and Fatah who are usually divided in the Palestinian society. Many admire Nasrallah for defying Israel and holding off the powerhouse Israeli military.

1 Lyrics
2 Trivia
3 External Links
4 References

[edit] Lyrics

"I hail thee, hawk of Lebanon
I welcome thee, Hassan Nasrallah
Here are your men, Hezbollah
Victory, victory with the help of God.
Nasrallah, this brave person
He responded to the calls to take vengeance
The Arab blood became hotter and hotter
The boldness and the courage that characterizes this battle is an Islamic courage
You can launch as many rockets as you want
But our people will never surrender
History will write your story
And God will always bless you
Your rockets in Israel all generations will talk about
And your Katyushas have scared the Zionists
Nasrallah, raise your voice
Our people are used to welcoming death
We do not want money or treasures or wealth
All we want is to live a free life
Blood only brings blood
And I hope we can shake your life and make you worry
Zionism and Zionists are the biggest poison in Arab land"

[edit] Trivia

Another song by an Israeli group called "Yalla Ya Nasrallah" was also written about Nasrallah during the same time, however, the song has a more negative view of the leader.