Song of Becoming

Fadwa Tuqan's Song of Becoming is a poem about growing up and morphing to become legends of time. Gone are the days of childhood naivety and careful laughters.
Gone also are the youthful dreams for slowly they are coming true. Time passes almost unnoticeably for the children have finally grown in life.

When they became of age to the time when they are already the ones who build s nation, their voices became those who "reject, that knock down, and build anew". It is now their time to carry on the cry of their forefathers against those who limit their freedom.

The song of Becoming reflects the cycle of life for after the children have grown and experienced the prime of their life, they now face its polarity which is death. They were once young, they were once adults. Now they are history, a thing of the past who lives on to become legends of time.