Oh you, who are Fighting Terrorism
By Tarif Youssef Agha
Oh you, who are fighting terrorism, you left me wondering
How come you leave the snake’s head and attack the tail?
The head of Terrorism is shielding himself in Al-Muahjereen Palace (Assad’s palace)
He is the one who invited all the butchers
He made Syria a club for the criminals
He imported to it all the thugs, foreigners and Arabs
His ally in Tehran is the one who protects and supports him
Who helps him with canes every time he is about to fall
In the other hand, the one you are shelling in Al-Rakka (ISIS capital in northern Syria) is just the bus-boy
The bus-boy goes when his master goes
You are shelling those who are still amateurs in crime
But leaving the professional who relates to the devil
No doubt ISIS is, as Assad, criminal, but
Assad is the one who gave ISIS its strength
Don’t you really understand what is going on?
Or is there a reason behind what you are doing?
He (Assad) also killed journalists, and on the top of that
He killed and displaced millions and caused a calamity to the Homeland
If your campaign ends with him remaining in his palace
Then he will dance at the tunes of the threats you made to him
The one who comes to Syria not to fight the regime first
Will be failing the exam of freedom
If there is any gang that needs to be removed
Then the gang of the (Assad) regime is the one, before any other
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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 September 26, 2014, Houston, Texas
http://sites.google.com/site/tarifspoetry