Samer Amin

Stalingrad

 

 

 

In proportion to anyone\'s strength, trials come.

 

 

 

 

 In the eyes of the mighty ones, the huge trials seem trivial,

 

 

 

 

but in the eyes of the weak ones, the trivial trials seem huge ones.

 

 

 

 

The way we react to adversities makes us able to explore new potentialities within ourselves.

 

 

 

 

 Maybe we have underestimated or overestimated our potentialities,

 

 

 

 

but the fire of trials will extract the steel from the iron ore,

 

 

 

 

and make us able to fathom the untrodden paths within our psyches.

 

 

 

 

Under the siege of hardships and adversities, our stubborn resistance to surrender,

 

 

 

 

 will chisel a new form of heroism and bravery deep into our souls.

 

 

 

 

Under siege, the firmly established houses on rocks cannot be shaken that easily,

 

 

 

 

and the newborn hero will stand taller in the battlefield than before.

 

 

 

 

Under siege, under the rains of fire, and above the shaking earth,

 

 

 

 

Under siege, under the bombardment of shells, and above the streams of blood,

 

 

 

 

 

Under siege, under the impact of hunger, and above the frozen land,

 

 

 

 

Under siege, under the impact of dire horror, and above the corpses of the beloved ones,

 

 

 

 

Under siege, every living soul would flee, bolt, scram, skedaddle, but the real men would stay.