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Oh, Khojali, my Khojali! By Gazanfar Masimoghlu Translated by Shahla Nghiyeva and Susan Sunflower
WHAT A HORROR MY EYES HAVE SEEN: THOUSANDS OF MOTHERS WITH CRYING EYES LIBELED, SLANDERED – WE HAD DONE NOTHING. TO KEEP SILENCE, ACT INDIFFERENCT, TO FORGET THAT WOUND IN MY HEART? NEVER! … Oh, Khojali, my Khojali!
ENEMIES MISSED NOT THE MOMENTS OF MY LONLINESS, DID ALL THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE I AM MOSLEM? BLOOD WAS SHED, HOW CAN I WASH IT AWAY? WILL MY SORROW IMPRESS ANYONE? AND YOU, STILL WAITING WITH HOPE … Oh, Khojali, my Khojali!
SHALL I CHANGE MY BELIEF, MY RELIGION? THOUGH THIS UNJUST WORLD IGNORES MY CRIES; AND ME – TIRED OF TURNING TO MY GOD. BURYING MY GRIEF IN MY HEART, SHALL I STAY FOREVER SAD? YOU – CAPTIVATED BY THE ENEMY ….. OLD MEN SHOT AT THE KNEE, EYEYS AND BRAIN HOLLOWED OUT, THE INNOCENT FACES OF VIRGINS STAINED, MY GOD, LET ME DIE, I DO NOT WANT TO STAY ALIVE . AND YOUR CHASTITY WAS NOT PROTECTED ….. Oh, Khojali, my Khojali!
I LACK ENTHUSIASM TO COMPETE WITH CLOUDS, I HAVE LOST MY VOICE TO MOVE THE WORLD MY PROPS NO LONGER HOLD ME. NO ONE TO RELY ON, NO ONE TO SUPPORT ME, NO ONE TO HEAR ME VOICE, MY GRIEF, … Oh, Khojali, my Khojali!
ALL KEPT SILENCE, BUT TREMBLED, NATIVES AND STRANGERS. TEARS, AS INNOCENT BABIES, BURST THROUGH THEIR CRIES. GENOCIDE, GENOCIDE – NO OTHER NAME FOR IT. TO TELL THIS TRUTH SHOULD I RANT TO THE SKY? TO CRY? THAT SOMEONE MAY HEAR. ….. Oh, Khojali, my Khojali!
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