العد العكسي [El 3ad El 3aksi] [English translation]

The countdown is starting

after a long wait

I will choose for myself

And make a decision on my own

I will be born out of my sadness and despair

and out of being trapped and broken

I will shatter my walls and my sun will

light up the darkness of this orbit

The countdown is starting

for a whole new life

The future won't decide for me anymore

Nor will fate impose its will upon me

I won't complain to my poor luck anymore

Nor my lonely heart

I will drown my whole past

And this stubborn pain

For the first time, I'm living

a sweet happy life

a crazy free life

A masterpiece I am painting with my own hands

I don't regret the past

I regret the things that did not happen

What is the point of life

without being able to choose?

• Artist:Marwan Khoury