“If we only have love
We can melt all the guns
And then give the new world
To our daughters and sons. If we only have love
Then Jerusalem stands
And then death has no shadow
There are no foreign lands.”

—  Rod McKuen

Translations and adaptations, If We Only Have Love (1968)

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American poet, songwriter, composer, and singer 1933–2015

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