Maniacs is one of Charbel Baini's books translated from Arabic into English with introduction by Dr. Mostapha Helwe

Devils

 

-1-

.. And I remember the past

The days when religion

suffered from its men

Who were corrupt

Fabricating sultans!

Two-thirds of them were mad

And their brains were empty!

-2-

.. And years passed over us

The poor people are still

Not understanding religions

That they are prayer and reverence

And shelves of saints

Lighted their lives with candles

On the altar of the Judge!

-3-

.. And after, in the name of religion,

They are creating tyrants

In human form

But in the deeds of Satan

And for this reason, 

The fire is reaping Lebanon

And being possessed by demons!

4-

Wake up, my people

Before the flood

Swept away the love

That has been deeply rooted 

in our hearts for so long.

5-

Give me your hand, give it

So that I may clasp yours

The era of fanaticism is dead

Wake up, my brother

The Gospel and the Quran

Did not interpret religions 

As religious fanaticism

6-

And be certain... 

Islam is the brother of Christianity

And in the end times

The power The Divine One

Who directs the universe

According to her taste

Unites humanity

In a heavenly paradise

-7-

And let us all say:

Bow down, our necks

To the prophets forever

To Muhammad and Jesus

And wash away, by tears

The filth of our world.

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