{"id":3062,"date":"2012-05-02T13:04:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T17:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/?page_id=3062"},"modified":"2012-05-02T13:04:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T17:04:47","slug":"poem-who-are-they-and-who-are-we","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/poem-who-are-they-and-who-are-we\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem: Who are they and who are we?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Who are they and who are we? (\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0645\u064a\u0646 \u0648 \u0625\u062d\u0646\u0627 \u0645\u064a\u0646?)<\/strong><br \/>\nby Ahmed Fouad Negm, <em>trans. Walaa Quisay<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Who are they and who are we?<br \/>\nThey are the princes and the Sultans<br \/>\nThey are the ones with wealth and power<br \/>\nAnd we are the impoverished and deprived<br \/>\nUse your mind, guess\u2026<br \/>\nGuess who is governing whom?<br \/>\nWho are they and who are we?<br \/>\nWe are the constructing, we are the workers<br \/>\nWe are Al-Sunna, We are Al-Fard<br \/>\nWe are the people both height and breadth<br \/>\nFrom our health, the land raises<br \/>\nAnd by our sweat, the meadows turn green<br \/>\nUse your mind, guess\u2026<br \/>\nGuess who serves whom?<br \/>\nWho are they and who are we?<br \/>\nThey are the princes and the Sultans<br \/>\nThey are the mansions and the cars<br \/>\nAnd the selected women<br \/>\nConsumerist animals<br \/>\nTheir job is only to stuff their guts<br \/>\nUse your mind, guess\u2026<br \/>\nGuess who is eating whom?<br \/>\nWho are they and who are we?<br \/>\nWe are the war, its stones and fire<br \/>\nWe are the army liberating the land<br \/>\nWe are the martyrs<br \/>\nDefeated or successful<br \/>\nUse your mind, guess\u2026<br \/>\nGuess who is killing whom?<br \/>\nWho are they and who are we?<br \/>\nThey are the princes and the Sultans<br \/>\nThey are mere images behind the music<br \/>\nThey are the men of politics<br \/>\nNaturally, with blank brains<br \/>\nBut with colorful decorative images<br \/>\nUse your mind, guess\u2026<br \/>\nGuess who is betraying whom?<br \/>\nWho are they and who are we?<br \/>\nThey are the princes and the Sultans<br \/>\nThey wear the latest fashions<br \/>\nBut we live seven in a single room<br \/>\nThey eat beef and chicken<br \/>\nAnd we eat nothing but beans<br \/>\nThey walk around in private planes<br \/>\nWe get crammed in buses<br \/>\nTheir lives are nice and flowery<br \/>\nThey\u2019re one specie; we are another<br \/>\nUse your mind, guess\u2026<br \/>\nGuess who will defeat whom?<\/p>\n<p>\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0645\u064a\u0646 \u0648 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\u0641\u064a\u0646\u0627 \u062d\u064a\u063a\u0644\u0628 \u0645\u064a\u0646<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who are they and who are we? (\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0645\u064a\u0646 \u0648 \u0625\u062d\u0646\u0627 \u0645\u064a\u0646?) by Ahmed Fouad Negm, trans. Walaa Quisay Who are they and who are we? 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