Monday, February 25, 2013

Jasmine poem by Al Ajami














Mohammad Al Ajami


Jasmine poem 

Knowing that those that satisfy themselves and upset their people
tomorrow will have someone else sitting in their seat,
knowing that those that satisfy themselves and upset their people
tomorrow will have someone else sitting in their seat,
for those that think the country is in your and your kids’ names,
the country is for the people, and its glories are theirs.

Repeat with one voice, for one faith:
We are all Tunisia in the face of repressive elites.
We are all Tunisia in the face of repressive elites.
The Arab governments and who rules them are, without exception, thieves.
Thieves!

The question that frames the thoughts of those who wonder
will not find an answer in any official channels.
As long as it imports everything it has from the West,
why can’t it import laws and freedoms?
Why can’t it import laws and freedoms?

- Al Ajami -

translated on Democracy Now!

Qatari Human Rights Official Defends Life Sentence for Poet Who Praised Arab Spring Uprisings
© Democracy Now!
published Dec. 7, 2012

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