On the sacred mound
of ages ago
where man met the flames
of burning bushes
and feet of the holy tread
 
There alone
the hammer fist
surrounded the waters
where leviathan sleeps
until such time
 
Declare declare forevermore
the sights and sounds of smoke
it’s token memory
not forgotten
and cities no man remembers
 
There my home
from east to west
gather the southern wind
bring forth the north
flow high on holy hill
 
Scurry away the enemy does
around this place of beginnings
where they who bow to nothingness
make low the tombs before them
save he who stood upright
 
Speak the name 
to make it so
Ala Bathia
Ala Bathia
my Home 
 
Given guardian
of time
and time from time
unrecorded
Ala Bathia
 
The City
The Walls
The Waters
The Power
Ala Bathia
 
From earth to earth
This time and that
where Olive branches
graced the sky
Ala Bathia
 
What sweet smell
of molten rock
the living land’s
incensed sacrifice
Ala Bathia
 
I’m here and there always
so many walk and seek
the secret treasures
unseen of my home
yet known in their heart
 
See the goat who knows
and rises to greet the sun
leading men to places
of worship
in every generation
 
Praise the woman
who praises still
where water flows
out of the desert
into the heart of the thirsty
 
Ala Bathia
the favoured place
claimed reclaimed 
again my home again
Ala Bathia
 
Ryan o0o