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

They're all in agreement

 

-1-

All of them... 

Yes, all of them are in agreement

Left and right

They amuse themselves with people's lives

And destroy the poor people

-2-

Beware... Beware, no matter what happens

Don't walk with a group of Tatars

We must burn them with fire

With a heart of stone that won't soften

-3-

Open your eyes so you can see

Everything is out in the open

We're getting beaten Swords

And here they are, in their palace, rejoicing

-4-

Muslim. Christian. it doesn't matter

You have a father and a mother

You have blood in your veins

Your kingdom. not the kingdom of devils

-5-

Don't stand idly by in front of me

And get distracted by a high position

In your house there is a thief

Stealing in the name of religion

-6-

Don't tell me: A conceited poet

Seeking fame and the glory of palaces

I am writing so that my people may revolt

And slaughter with their fingernails 

The madmen

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