The Russian Warplane

The Russian Warplane

By Tarif Youssef Agha

The Russian asked “why did you shoot down our warplane?”

The Turkish said “Because our sky is not a hooker”

We warned you, but you didn’t understand that

We are a state which is capable of protecting our land and sky

That we are a government which came to power through the ballot boxes,

And that our duty is to make our people proud of their dignity

And, also, to keep our fingers ready to fire our guns,

And to keep our eyes watching our borders

So, in case you didn’t believe us, that was why

We sent one of your warplanes to the graveyard

And in case you were bragging about your power,

We made you a laughing material in front of the whole world

But in case you forgot our warning, then that was a reminder,

And when we remind, we don’t talk for the sake of talking

When we talk the talk, we also walk the walk,

And our walk usually comes with thundering rockets

Our red lines are not like those of Obama’s

And we don’t reserve the (Right to Retaliate) like the hypocrite regimes do

And regarding your aggression against the Syrians, remember that

The power of the people is always victorious

And we know that you didn’t come here to fight terrorism,

In fact, you came to support a criminal regime (the Assad regime)

But, no matter how many warplanes you bring and use,

You will never defeat the people of the uprising Syria

And, in case you forgot the lessons of Afghanistan,

The Syrians are so gifted in this kind of reminding

They will make you remember even the milk of your mothers (proverb)

And, later, they will earn the title of ‘The Hunters of the Tsars’

Our last advice to you is that the one who sides with the oppressor,

Is the one who sides with the losing party

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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 November 27, 2015, Houston, Texas

3 days ago, a Russian warplane, SU-24, was shot down by a Turkish F-16 when it entered the Turkish are space near the Syrian north-west borders and ignored warning.

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