I can't clap cruelty nor do I like the cruel!
For the pleasure of them, I can't swear to my past.
If one insults to my ancestor, I will choke him.
If I can't, at least, I will dismiss him.
I can't do baseness behind several basterds.
In the name of justice, I can't let injustice even if they kill me.
I'm in love for freedom since my birth,
I haven't been in any illegal act nor have I committed such a sin.
If I'm an obedient person, who said that I'm an easy going sheep?
You can cut my neck, but never can you drag me.
When I see a blooding wound, I feel great compassion.
In order to relieve it, I willingly take the risk of having been whipped.
I don't say ''O man, never mind it!'' but I do mind it.
I chew or be chewed , but, I always support the 'right',
I'm an enemy of the cruel but I do like the sufferings.
Is this the meaning of ''religious reaction'' in your accent?
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
(Zulmü Alkışlayamam, Translated by İSA ATAÇ)
