SHAME!
Until when, people, will you kill us?
Until when will your evil spirits flourish?
And until when each of you will pretend That he’s not at fault but others?
Until when will you have in your pillow Hidden a two-edged knife And until when in your anger and dmnkenness Will you hold it against us in your hand?
And until when will your weakness’ sense Have as a target our strength?
And until when will your inhuman violence Have as a reward our life?
Until when men will you destroy Whatever you cannot reach?
Until when will you postpone
The birth of the responsibility you do not possess?
You chased us from our countries And you made us a gift in all countries You chased us from your hour And you made us a gift in all hours
And not even an accusation you could find That you didn’t bestow upon us;
A cause of harm has not been tied But with us in your wronged thought
When you wanted to stone us
How many new accusations did you find...
Wanting seemingly to defame us
How many ideas you produced...
You ruined our holy
And our eternal laws you betrayed
You burned our clothes... our books...
You even set us on fire...
And why? Because we first rose From mud man’s soul.
Because we alone drove away the darkness From every comer of our earth.
And why? Because when unsurpassed,
Even today, we write epics You with everything human See your mind crawling down
And why? Because wherever we were limited By your chase and push Each of us went beyond you Leaving behind every one of you.
And today, in our own country We receive your unholy fire.
Yes! Today! In out own country!
Even here we are your prey!
Some will say: “How disgusting!”
Others will say: “How dirty! How awful!”
Yes. With the words all humanity Will again condemn the violence.
But the same ones that now like us Are the ones who yesterday burned us;
And the same tomorrow may find it easy To forget what they now say.
Well, hit us. But you know well- Noone kicks a dead dog.
Hit us. You will suffer more- Your hate will hit you more.
We gave you light. Well, kill us.
We have given you our spirit.
We caressed you, and you gave us a knife.
But our light knows no setting...
You have been killing us for thousands of years And yet look! We are full of life Building what you annihilate And bringing humanity all over the earth.
Really, we deserve it. How illogical For us to bring the blessing Where chaos reigns all-powerful And atheism grows for ever...
But tell me - have you thought If someday the roles reverse All you have done to us How will that be repayed?
I will tell you so that you know And so that you do not wonder.
All that will happen to you is Peace, Justice and Freedom.