If the Injustice Becomes Public
By Tarif Youssef Agha
If the injustice becomes public,
Then expect a revolution that turns blood into rivers
And if corruption becomes a state policy,
Then don’t be surprised if blood becomes seas
If injustice and corruption infect a country,
They will ring the bells of the volcanic revolution
Oppression may prolong the lives of dictators,
But the victory will, after all, shake the hands of the freedom fighters
Oppression may impose scare for seconds,
But the people will always rise and fight back
Dignity, will, and wisdom, if they unite,
They, together, form a mighty army
History hasn’t documented a failed revolution,
The people always defeat the butcher
But when a country is burned, and its people are forced away,
While the world is watching, then I call it a shame
Oh my Homeland, every one practiced injustice on you,
Injustice came even from your neighbors
Even those who wore the cloth of Angels,
When they undressed, they revealed their identity; devils and thugs
But, it doesn’t matter how long the darkness will last,
The people will bring the day light back
And it doesn’t matter how high the dictator will make the prisons’ walls,
The people will, at the end, bring those walls down
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A Poem translation
(Can be shared without permission)
By Tarif Youssef-Agha
An Expatriate Arab Syrian Writer & Poet
Member of the ‘Syrian Revolutionary Writers Assembly’
Friday May 27, 2016, Houston, Texas
http://sites.google.com/site/tarifspoetry