Seek the help of who ever you want
By Tarif Youssef Agha
Seek the help of who ever you want (Oh Assad),
You will be defeated even if your warplanes fill the sky
Empower yourself with who ever you want,
We will defeat you and leave you barking
Bring all the armies you want,
We will finish you even if you flood the country with blood
With the military boot which you made your icon,
We will slap you until the boot wears out
This glob who is watching us suffering,
We know that it is not blind
These countries who are listening to our weeping,
We know that they are not deaf
These nations who are saying nothing,
We know that they are not mute
Today, the whole world is divided over Syria,
Divided into butchers, busboys or puppies
No wonder that a regime without honor thinks that
Freedom is an item for sale and purchase
And thinks that Dignity is a donation that can be given or taken,
And that those who ask for it are traitors
But when the people are called by Freedom,
Nothing stops them from responding to the call
And here we are telling you (Assad) for the thousandth time,
When we put our hand on you, no help what so ever can save you from us
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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 January 1, 2016, Houston, Texas
The writing of this poem was inspired by one of the Syrian Revolution signs created by the Free Pen magazine in Maarret Al-Numaan town (near Aleppo city).
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