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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