Ruining A Nation
It’s all been done,
looting the ancient land is complete,
a nation long adored throughout ages
Poor people turned into beggars
Destroyed!
Their bowls filled with tears, their cups with poisons
Headdress and cloak governs,
without knowledge and perspicacity,
whatever there was is destroyed by rotten voracity
Happiness is chained, smiles are in bondage
Laughter is in prison!
Wails and cries, from dawn to dusk
No sign of melody nor of songs, neither of flower
from warble of nightingales,
night’s owls wailing day and night from roof tops
Nothing but rending clothes, mourn, and grief
Hypocrisy!
Nothing coming out of platters of devout illusionists
Neither freedom, or wisdom, nor justice they seek
Dealers of righteousness!
In places of worship and death, worshipers of idols
False prophesy and superstition common, abound
Delusion is the norm!
On pedestals are men of the book, spreading their traps
Forcing veils and covers, equating it with dignity
Behold the foolishness!
Free-spirited people are in pain from this vulgarity
Hanging on the ropes are the free, the sensible ones
The time is burdened with evil,
every thief and felon raking in worldly riches
My friends! Don’t be sad,
other times will surely come
Reign of evils will end, one by one
Footnote: The original poem in Farsi is by devaheh.
