How can you smile, my little one, with eyes full of tears ?
Catch the rain of bullets with the gentlest of kisses
(And plant the daffodils) (jasmine and roses) into the muzzles of guns?
Don’t shed your tears, my little one, on this troublesome world of ours
And fly into the sky where hope can be found
(Where peace, my little one), (safety and justice) exist