Interlude: Yesterday and Today
Abstract
yesterday a peasant a soldier without rank today he lies prostrate in Beirut the tale still shakes the earth with trampling steps the colonialists swallow cities everything withers and lies scorched no time to gaze at sweetheart and parents where will sorrow go where the enemy steps in front yesterday a peasant a common soldier today he lies prostrate in Beirut facing victory in his heart over the dust of the roads heavy steps resound the Arab patriots enter town their voices echo in the hearts arise ye Arab patriots the age of victory is right ahead yesterday a peasant a soldier true today in Beirut he was slain in Beirut he will live again Ferdinand Lodewijk Risakotta Transl. Bintang Suradi Dedicated to the Second Conference of Afro-Asian Writers Indonesia Sings of Afro-Asia (Jakarta: League of People’s Culture Indonesia, 1962).
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