Khaled Sabsabi   pity the nation
  • Images and text by Khaled Sabsabi
  • Typesetting by Ruud Ruttens
  • Published by Stolon Press, Sydney
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November 2021 (edition of 80), May 2025 (edition of 300), 32 pp. (b/w ill.), 21 × 27 cm, softcover, stapled
$33.00 aud

Intro–4 Bars

Chorus 1–2 Bars

  • pity the nation… pity the nation

  • pity the nation… pity the nation

Pause–2 Bars

Verse 1–8 Bars

  • pity the nation that is full of empty faith

  • pity the nation that wears cloth it does not weave

  • eats gluttony breads it does not harvest

  • drinks wine that flows not from its wine press

  • pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero

  • hails and deems the glittering conquerer bountiful

  • pity a nation that despises passion

  • only in its dreams submits to awakening