Against War
These days you often hear the whispers of war again, and this time Iran is on the line. My Good friends in “Without Border Association” (Anjomane Bedoone Marz) have prepared a special issue against war which includes anti-war articles and poetry (in Persian). One of the poems which is written by a good friend of mine, Sina, is called I’m Human. As I found this poem very similar to what my Eutopea is, I translated it to English a while ago, after Sina’s approval I publish it here to say “I am a human too”.
I’m a human.
Afore being a Muslim, I’m a human.
Afore being an Iranian, I’m a human.
Afore being a woman or a man, I’m a human.
Afore being a black/white/red/yellow skin color, I’m a human.
Afore being left or Right, I’m a human.
Afore being the Prince or the Pauper I’m a human.
Afore being in the unfair competition in the capitalist world, I’m a human.
I’m a human.
Afore judging people with what they own I appraise their humanity.
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I’m the yield of the community where I was born and lived in. The rulers have made the society, an unfair society is the result of “human looking” rulers. As a human; I’ll change the rulers with the help and contribution of other “humans”.
