This is Kussair
By Tarif Youssef Agha
This is Kussair (a Syrian city), teaching the invaders a lesson
Invaders from the criminals of the ‘Devil Party’
It is receiving them with the cutting swords of the free people
And it is filling up the cups of death for them to drink
They thought they were going to a picnic
To find out it was a fierce war
They thought it would be like another one of their Israeli theater plays
To find out it was real and it is costing them their lives
They were fooled by being told that it was a holy war
They therefore were given knives and axes
They were also given ‘The Paradise Keys’ and were told that
Each one will find there seventy two attractive brides waiting for him
They didn’t tell them that our Free Syrian Army
Changed the locks and replaced them with mines and shields
They didn’t tell them that Syria is the country of heroes
And that it is protected by God and by its people
A country that was and will always be the graveyard of invaders
It was and will always be the one that shines with suns of freedom
It has always been an oasis to all religions
Ask the followers of Muhammad, Jesus and Moses
An oasis to all, except those who believed that
Slaughtering and burning children is a blessed practice
Kussair carries the proper response to all our enemies
Our enemies from the Shabbihas, Persians and Russians
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A Poem translation
Tarif Youssef-Agha
An Expatriate Arab Syrian Writer & Poet
Member of the ‘Syrian Revolutionary Writers Assembly’
Friday May 24, 2013
Five days after the gangs of Assad and the Shiites Lebanese militias attacked the city of Kussair south west of Homs.
Houston, Texas
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